Urges leaders of Anglophone struggle to seek
God’s Face for a Common Front
By Francis Ekongang Nzante
Tassang
Wilfred, one of the earliest names in what has come to be referred to as the Anglophone
Crisis has once more hit the news headlines with a touching letter from prison.
In this letter he states that in this Lent Season there is the need “to fast
with all desperation, seeking God's face for unity amongst the free leadership
of the struggle.” In unity, the letter
states, nothing the leaders set out to do shall be impossible."
He
said the 40 days of fasting that constitute the Lent Season in the Christian
Church was an ideal period for leaders of the struggle to seek the face of God
and then regain the much needed unity within their ranks.
Tassang
further states that despite all that they were going through, hope for the
liberation of the homeland had not been waned. His strength he said comes from
the Lord adding that since the Lord had strengthened him, he was also
encouraged to speak hope to others, calling them to persevere even to the point
of death.
In
an unprecedented move towards the Almighty to look for a way forward, he called
on all concerned “to join the Church and all people of good will in seeking
God's favour. This season, we deny ourselves so that God who sees our
afflictions and transgressions may have mercy on us, humble the feuding
leadership of the struggle He ordained, unite them and give voice to them that
He has raised to speak out on our behalf even from the four corners of the
earth.”
He
called on all to do as directed by the Spirit, fast and pray according to the
tradition of their various church assemblies. In a related online publication
by Mark Bareta recently, Tassang Wilfred is said to have declared “40 days of
fasting for God’s Guidance over Ambazonia.” Ambazonia is the name given to the
yet to be created state for which pro-separatist forces are clamouring.
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