No fewer than four persons have been killed in Cameroon when supporters of opposition leader clashed with security operatives.
Cameroon ’s top court on Monday declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the Oct. 12 election, JomogNews reports.
The Constitutional Council announced that the 92-year-old man, who has been in power for the past 43 years, secured 53.66% of the votes.
The electoral body said Issa Tchiroma, the Cameroon opposition leader obtained 35.19% of the total votes.
But prior to the announcement, Issa Tchiroma claimed he won the election, triggering chaos across the country.
According to Channels TV, in Cameroon’s largest city Douala, the regional governor said on Monday that demonstrators “attacked” a gendarmerie brigade and police stations in two districts on Sunday.
“Four people unfortunately lost their lives,” said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, adding that several members of the security forces were also injured.
