Overview
- Issa Tchiroma Bakary posted a video declaring himself the winner and urged President Paul Biya to concede, saying he will publish detailed results by region.
- Authorities reiterated that only the Constitutional Council can announce the winner, with the interior minister warning that unilateral result proclamations violate the law and recalling a 2018 crackdown after a similar move.
- Both Biya’s and Tchiroma’s supporters had claimed leads based on polling‑station tallies shared online, as citizens filmed count sheets and 55,000 accredited observers monitored the vote.
- Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth term after 43 years in power, facing 11 challengers in a single‑round contest that excluded 2018 runner‑up Maurice Kamto by Constitutional Council decision.
- Counting continued under a visible security presence in Yaoundé after isolated clashes in the north, with the vote conducted under the strain of the anglophone conflict and Far North jihadist violence.