One of Cameroon’s opposition candidates in Sunday’s presidential election in the country, Maurice Kamto on Monday claimed victory at the polls.
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 organize a peaceful way to transfer power,” Kamto told a news conference in the capital, Yaounde, without giving results to justify his claim.
“My mission was to take a penalty. I did it and I scored,” Kamto added amidst chants of “freedom” by jubilant supporters.
Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji had on Sunday announced that only the country’s Constitutional Council would be allowed to announce the results of the polls, stressing that any form of challenge to the verdict would not be tolerated.
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