The Anglophone Crisis began in 2017, when English-speaking people in the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon declared independence due to allegations of persecution by the French-speaking Cameroonian government.

[4] A day later, Cameroonian forces passed through the cities of Enyo, Ewai, and Bossom.

[4] While passing through Bambui on July 31, elements of the Cameroonian Tubah Gendarmerie Brigade and Special Gendarmes Forces ambushed a group of Ambazonian fighters, sparking a firefight.

[5] Two Ambazonian commanders, General Rasta, also known as Roy Angafor Asenjo, and Colonel John, were captured.

[6] The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa stated that General Rasta and Colonel John were both tortured before their deaths, and were extrajudicially killed.