Ayaba Cho Lucas (S.G) | |
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Born | Ayaba Cho Lucas 25 August 1972 |
Nationality | Cameroonian |
Education | University of Buea (did not graduate)[1] |
Occupation | Leader of the Ambazonia Governing Council |
Ayaba Cho Lucas (born August 1972) is an Ambazonian activist.[2] He is the former Secretary General of the Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL)[3][4] and is the current leader of Ambazonia Governing Council, a separatist organization in Southern Cameroons. Ayaba was expelled from the University of Buea in 1993 because he had led a one-man demonstration against tuition increases; he has been in exile from Cameroon since then.[5][6][7] He eventually ended up in Norway, where he studied human rights and development at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and from where he has based his activism ever since.[8] In January 2017, Ayaba was allegedly targeted for assassination in Brussels, Belgium.[9][10]