In March 2019, he oversaw the APLM taking part in founding the Southern Cameroons Liberation Council, in an attempt to form a united front.

He suffered paralysis of his lower limbs and impaired vision as a result of torture and spent over 700 days in solitary confinement.

[2] In a unanimous decision made on 22 March 2011 UNHRC upheld the petition brought by REDRESS on behalf of Ebenezer against Cameroon.

In 2011-2014, Ebenezer Akwanga, Ayaba Cho Lucas and other independence advocates founded a Southern Cameroons Government affiliated with an armed wing, SOCADEF.

The government signed agreements with two Canadian public companies to promote future assets and resources in Southern Cameroons and legally contest ownership.

[8] The Camerounian government-controlled press later credited Akwanga's government with being one of the primary movers of the October 2017 Declaration of Independence of Ambazonia.