Greeted by screams from his supporters as he made the announcement, Kamto, who leads the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC), called on President Paul Biya to hand over power peacefully. “I invite the outgoing president to organise a peaceful way to transfer power,” he told a news conference in the capital Yaounde, giving no results to justify his claim.
The election was widely expected to extend the rule of Biya, one of Africa’s last multi decade leaders who have held power for 36 years. “My mission was to take a penalty. I did it and I scored,” Kamto said to chants of “freedom” by jubilant supporters in a courtyard. He offered no evidence to justify his claim to have won. Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji said on Sunday that only the Constitutional Council would be allowed to announce results, and that any form of challenge to the verdict would “not be tolerated”.
Six million voters went to the polls to elect president against a backdrop of unprecedented violence in the country’s English-speaking regions. Biya, 85, faces an attempt by the opposition parties to forge a unified front under Maurice Kamto, leader of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC). Biya has been in power since 1982, making him one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers.
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ReplyDeleteBiya is 85 vieing for 7th tenure he is crazy ni
Wish him well
ReplyDeleteWetin! One man dey misrule people for 36yrs and not yet tire.
ReplyDeleteAnother episode of House arrest loading. What is it with all these African presidents? They always want to die in power even when they are not performing or being accepted by the masses.
ReplyDeleteI grew up knowing Biya as the president of Cameroon, is it not enough?
ReplyDeleteIt is African thing. Biya at 85 cannot do anything. It is the military supporting him else he would be dead. The military chiefs have access to federal money that they would rather support Biya than a change in status quo. Only Africans can save Africa.
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