🔗 Share this article Cameroon Political Opposition Figure to Face Court Action Concerning Electoral Turmoil, Authorities Announces Many in Cameroon show outrage over the fact that the president has won an eighth consecutive term The nation's Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji has stated that opposition leader Tchiroma Bakary will face legal action over allegations that he provoked "aggressive post-election demonstrations". At least 4 demonstrators have been fatally wounded during confrontations between law enforcement and opposition supporters since Cameroon's election on 12 October, with President Paul Biya, aged 92 securing an eighth presidential mandate. Tchiroma Bakary maintains that he won the election, a statement dismissed by Biya's ruling party, the CPDM. Forceful measures by police and security officers on protesters have concerned the global community, with the UN, AU and EU calling for restraint. Minister's Claims Recently, the interior minister charged the opposition figure of planning what he described as "unlawful" protests resulting in the deaths, and also criticised him for claiming win in the election. He added that the opposition leader's "co-conspirators behind an subversive plot" will also be prosecuted. Election Results The president, who took control in the early 80s and is now the oldest serving president, secured the October 12 vote with over half of the votes, compared to just over a third for the challenger, according to Cameroon's Constitutional Council. Opposition Response Tchiroma Bakary is remains silent to the government's decision to try him, but he had before announced that he would not accept a stolen vote - and that he was fearless of being detained. On election result day, he claimed that armed men shot on demonstrators assembled near his home in Garoua, causing the death of at least 2 civilians. Probe Launched On Tuesday, the government official revealed that an inquiry would be initiated into violent incidents prior to and following the publication of the vote outcome. "In the course of these incidents, some of the perpetrators died," he commented, without providing a precise figure of demonstrators who have been killed in the incidents. The minister further mentioned that multiple members of the police and military also suffered significant wounds. Current Situation Even though Nji insisted the situation throughout Cameroon was now under control, demonstrators are still demonstrating in various areas of the country, especially in Douala and Garoua, where demonstrators established roadblocks on that day, and set fire to tyres on the thoroughfares. Analysts caution that the election-related unrest could push the nation into a political crisis.