YAOUNDE – Cameroon police have surrounded the home of opposition leader Maurice Kamto and detained an unknown number of his supporters. Kamto, who accuses President Paul Biya of stealing the 2018 presidential election from him, called for protests Tuesday against regional elections and Biya’s leadership of the country.
Authorities deployed riot police and troops, some of whom used tear gas on the protesters.
The opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) says riot police and military troops on Monday night forced themselves into the home of party leader Maurice Kamto.
The secretary-general of the CRM, Christopher Ndong, says police detained a number of their supporters, including Alain Forgues, the party’s legal advisor.
“They [police] arrested professor Forgues and some militants [supporters] who were there,” he said. “They had some beatings and Kamto told them that they would not stop him. So, we are going to march. We are not afraid of arrest because we know
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