By Mathins Owoseni

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, who has been on leadership of the country since 1982, has won a re-election, according to official results.

The Constitutional Council stated on Monday that the 92-year-old incumbent had secured 53.66 percent of the vote in the October 12 election. Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma received 35.19 percent, it added.

Tchiroma, a former government spokesperson and minister in his late 70s, had self-calculate victory days before the announcement, citing results he revealed were collated by his party. Biya dismissed the claim.

On Sunday, at least four people were murdered in Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, as security forces had a fiasco with protesters when opposition supporters rallied to ask for credible results.

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