Cameroonian Journalist Faces threat of life from Some CPDM Officials as he unmasked Fraud amid gun battle elections

Cameroonian Journalist Faces threat of life from Some CPDM Officials as he unmasked Fraud amid gun battle elections

“No, I am not safe CPDM topnotch who feel threatened that we unmasked their outright Fraud characterized by the stuffing of ballot boxes, vote-buying and intimidation say we must not be allowed in Limbe because we are dangerous. This is pure electoral terrorism,” Aminateh Nkemngu tells cryoutnews reporter.

He was speaking to cryoutnews 48 hours after Cameroonians across the national territory on Sunday, February 9th, 2020 went to the polls to elect their officials for the Municipal and legislative election that was wildly boycotted in Some part of the nation especially in the North West and South West Region which is experiencing armed conflict.

The election which has come under serious criticism was marked with electoral Fraud, especially in the conflict regions where major the opposition party Social Democratic Front had evidence of vote rigging in some constituency like in Fako East where the SDF caught some officials of the ruling party stuffing ballot boxes.

In some localities like in Muyuka, Bombe Bakundu, Muea, Banga Bakundu, kosalla and some key areas in the South West Region voters were all in their houses because of the rain of bullets between the non-State armed groups and Cameroon security forces same situation in Bambili, Weh Village, etc. in the North West Region.

The non-State armed group attacks the convoy of the former minister of Justice Chief Justice Benjamine Itoe on the day of voting. At the same time, a journalist Doh Bertrand was also affected in convoy returning from coverage on Election Day.

In some localities like in Bamenda up station, Nkambe, Buea Town, Kumba central, Lebialem, Bamgem, Wum, all in the Anglophone Region, there was voting though with a low turnout of voters.

Other parts of the nation like in the French-Speaking Region there was poor turnout of voters who followed the call of elections boycott championed by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement CRM alongside, the Cameroons People’s Party CPP who action of boycott is based on the fact that Anglophone Crisis be resolved before any election be conducted so as to guarantee the rights to vote for those in the Anglophone

Preliminary results indicate that the ruling party is leading in all the polls in the North West and South West Region while the Major opposition party SDF seems to be out of the race as a major opposition party and are casting their blames on the Anglophone arm groups for imposing a boycott

Anglophone Separatists, better known as Ambazonians, vowed to disrupt the elections before February 9th, 2020, and they did as they confronted Cameroon security forces in most localities within the conflict region. While in some areas, there were no polling agents or signs of elections.

Amid the ongoing tension, some members of the opposition who braved the odds to go in for the elections are decrying the frauds imposed by some members of Government to undermine the victory of the opposition with videos showing how ELECAM officials are stuffing ballots box with votes from the CPDM (Limbe)

Biya’s led-government rejected calls to extern the elections because of the constitutional limit for any postponement of the Municipal and legislative elections has been exhuasted.

The Government stressed that these elections have a significant impact on the well-being of the nation as it will shape the political decision of the country.