Anglophone separatists in court for first appearance

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A Cameroonian anglophone separatist leader was in court on Thursday in his first public appearance since he was extradited from Nigeria in January, amid spiralling violence in English-speaking areas.
Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, who wants Cameroon's two anglophone regions to separate from the French-speaking part of the country and last year spearheaded a symbolic declaration of independence, appeared with nine other defendants at a brief hearing in the capital Yaounde.
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"This day is a big day because all (10 ) defendants were there," lawyer Me John Feu Nsoh told reporters after the court appearance, which was about the group's petition to be freed.
Ayuk Tabe, who pronounced himself the president of a new republic called "Ambazonia" in October 2017, was arrested with 46 others in Nigeria and extradited in January.
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