Masses stormed the streets in different cities following days of unrest and in response to protest calls by opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims to have won President Paul Biya in the Oct. 12 election.

By Asaye Bankole

At least two protesters were shot dead by security forces in Cameroon as opposition supporters rallied to ask credible results from the country’s just concluded presidential election, the opposition disclosed on Sunday.

Masses stormed the streets in different cities following days of unrest and in response to protest calls by opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims to have won President Paul Biya in the Oct. 12 election.

Cameroon’s top court, the constitutional council, is expected to announce final election results on Monday, but the opposition and their supporters have alleged authorities of seeking to rig the vote.

Two protesters were shot dead in the economic hub of Douala on Sunday during commotion as security forces clashed with opposition supporters, according to the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy party.

The Associated Press could not independently verify the reports of the deaths, which were also reported by local media. Authorities did not immediately talk on the issue.

Videos online revealed protesters clashing with security forces, who fired tear gas and tried to lay off the protesters barricading major roads in Douala and other cities including Garoua and Maroua in the north.

Couple of opposition supporters, activists and leaders have already been nabbed in recent days as protests proceeds. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji told Newsmen on Saturday that the government arrested several people plotting fierce attacks.

One protester, Oumarou Bouba, a 27-year-old trader in the northern city of Maroua, stated, “I am ready to stake my life to defend my vote. I voted for Tchiroma because I want change.”

Cameroon, a country of closely 30 million people, has experienced growing tensions since the build-up to the election in which Biya is demanding reelection.

The decision by the 92-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest leader who has been in power for nearly half his life, to seek reelection sparked anger of the country’s youth and the opposition.

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