Cameroon Opposition Candidate Declares Victory, Urges Biya to Concede.

Cameroon’s opposition candidate, Issa Tchiroma, has declared victory in the country’s October twelve presidential election, urging President Paul Biya to accept defeat and honour the truth of the ballot box.
Although the government has not officially responded to Tchiroma’s declaration, the Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, warned over the weekend that any unilateral publication of results would be considered high treason, adding that only the Constitutional Council has the authority to announce the winner.

Tchiroma praised voters for defying intimidation and remaining at polling stations late into the night to protect their ballots, assuring that he would release a region-by-region breakdown of vote tallies compiled from publicly posted results as soon as possible.