Camerún Meridional
On 1 September 1961, the parliament of French Cameroon voted in favor of the new constitution. It was essentially the version for the Foumban conference written by Ahidjo and his French advisers in advance. To make it binding under international law, it should also have been voted by the parliament of Southern Cameroons. That did not happen. The lack of agreement and intergovernmental commitment is mentioned by Ambazonian independence representatives as an essential feature of the Union's illegality. A further concern mentioned is that the federal constitution gives the impression that French Cameroon reacquired the Southern Cameroons. In order to achieve this, the detour via the form of the Federation is chosen. The then French President Pompidou referred to the Southern Cameroons as a 'small gift of the to France'. Contrary to UNGA binding resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 on the granting of independence to all colonial peoples and countries, Britain transferred the Southern Cameroons to the sovereignty of a foreign country, French Cameroon, rather than to the Government of the Southern Cameroons as required by international law. On 30 September the British administrators left the Southern Cameroons. On the next day, the army of French Cameroon marched over the border. The Mobile Wing (armed police of the Southern Cameroons) was disarmed by them. It is described as a forceful take over. An official from French Cameroun was appointed in the position of a Governor-General of the Southern Cameroons. His official title was 'Inspecteur Federal d'Administration'. He was accountable directly to the President of French Cameroon. Then followed a host of other French Cameroon civil servants, including subsequently its police force, which literally took over Southern Cameroons.