4. The Complainants allege that their domination, enslavement and oppression
was initiated and facilitated by the German and the British administration
and is still perpetrated by the Cameroonian administration.
5. The Complainants submit that in 1914, at the beginning of the 1st World War,
after a series of raids, the Moko-oh were harassed and chased to different
parts of the country. They allege that after being invaded by the Bali-
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Nyonga, Moko-oh villages were burnt down, markets closed, their oil and
wine palm plantation demolished.
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6. The Complainants further allege that in 1928, the District Officer of the
Bamenda Division carried out a delimitation of the boundary between the
Bali-Nyonga and the Moko-ohs. They claim that this reduced the BaliNyonga authority from 31 to 3 villages.
7. The Complainants state that in 1929, these boundaries were inspected and
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confirmed by the Provincial Resident of the Cameroon Province in Buea.
8. According to the Complainants, the Bali-Nyonga, refused to respect the
boundary between them and the Moko-ohs. Instead, they prevented the
Moko-ohs from returning to their villages.
9. The Complainants detail the several petitions filed before the relevant
authorities before and after independence, all of which, they claim, fell on
deaf ears. They claim that these petitions, seeking resettlement, include
appeals to the Acting Resident in Buea, Cameroon Province in 1921, the
Divisional Officer of Bamenda Division and the Provisional Resident in Buea
in 1943, and the Colonial Office in Enugu through the District officer of
Bamenda Division in 1949. The Complainants state that the administrative
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