Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested, their parties said, as protests rattled the country over the presidential election results that were expected on Monday.
Among those arrested late Friday in the economic hub of Douala were Anicet Ekane and Djeukam Tchameni, two top figures in the Union for Change political platform that endorsed candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary and his claim to have defeated President Paul Biya in the Oct. 12 election.
The African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (MANIDEM) party said its treasurer and other members were also “kidnapped” by local security forces. It said the aim was “to intimidate Cameroonians.”
The circumstances of the arrests were not immediately clear.
Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji, meanwhile, told reporters Saturday that the government arrested several people during the week on suspicion of plotting violent attacks in the guise of protests.
“Their planned modus operandi is to
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