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Cameroon's Opposition campaigner Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed triumph aboriginal connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025) successful the statesmanlike predetermination conducted connected October 12, urging President Paul Biya, who has been successful powerfulness for implicit 4 decades, to concede.
“Our triumph is clear, it indispensable beryllium respected,” Mr. Tchiroma said successful a video connection connected Facebook, calling connected Mr. Biya to “accept the information of the ballot box” oregon “plunge the state into turmoil”. Elections Cameroon, the autarkic assemblage successful complaint of overseeing the poll, and the law tribunal person not yet announced immoderate results. Official results are expected astatine the latest by October 26.
Mr. Biya's Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) enactment rejected Mr. Tchiroma's assertion connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025).
Gregoire Owona, the lawman secretary-general of the CPDM, said the Opposition campaigner did not triumph and does not person the results from the polling stations. Mr. Tchiroma said helium volition stock a elaborate study of the votes by portion successful the coming days.
Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji warned past week that immoderate unauthorised merchandise of results would beryllium deemed “high treason,” saying lone the Constitutional Council tin state a winner.
The 76-year-old Opposition campaigner was a authorities spokesperson and Minister of Employment nether Mr. Biya, but discontinue the authorities past twelvemonth to motorboat his statesmanlike run. His run drew ample crowds and backing from a conjugation of Opposition parties and civic groups.
Analysts person predicted a triumph for Mr. Biya, 92, arsenic the Opposition remained divided and his strongest rival was barred from moving successful August. Eleven Opposition candidates were connected the ballot for the October 12 election.
Mr. Biya is the world's oldest President. He has been successful powerfulness since 1982, astir fractional his lifetime, making him Cameroon's 2nd President since Independence from France successful 1960.
During Mr. Biya's decades successful power, the Central African federation of astir 30 cardinal radical has struggled with challenges from a deadly secessionist question successful the West and chronic corruption that has stifled improvement contempt affluent earthy resources similar lipid and minerals.
Around 8 cardinal voters were eligible to ballot successful Cameroon's election, which uses a single-round electoral strategy that awards the presidency to the campaigner with the astir votes. During the past statesmanlike predetermination successful 2018, the Opposition person Maurice Kamto claimed triumph a time aft the vote. He was aboriginal arrested, starring to protests and dozens of his supporters being detained.
Mr. Biya cruised to triumph with implicit 70% successful an predetermination marred by irregularities and a debased turnout.
