A file photo taken on January 30, 2013 shows Cameroon president Paul Biya speaking to journalists following a meeting with his French counterpart at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Cameroon’s President Paul Biya on October 13, 2014 vowed his government would go after the Islamist group Boko Haram “until it’s totally wiped out”. He made the promise as he received 10 Chinese and 17 Cameroonians freed last week after spending months as hostages of armed men thought to belong to Boko Haram, an anti-Western rebel group in Nigeria which has been increasingly making incursions into Cameroon. AFP PHOTO
By Nwafor Sunday
The Cameroon President, Paul Biya has on Friday declared his intention to run for the forthcoming October presidential election of the country.
Newsmen gathered that if Paul wins in the forthcoming election, it would be his seventh term in the office. The eighty five year old (85) Biya has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982.
A file photo taken on January 30, 2013 shows Cameroon president Paul Biya speaking to journalists
Declaring today, Biya wrote on his tweeter handle, “Chers Compatriotes du Cameroun et de la Diaspora Conscient des défis que nous devons ensemble relever pour un Cameroun encore plus uni, stable et prospère, j’accepte de répondre favorablement à vos appels pressants. Je serai Votre Candidat à la prochaine élection présidentielle.”
If translated in English, it means, “Dear Compatriots in Cameroon & the Diaspora, Aware of the challenges we must take up together to ensure a more united, stable & prosperous Cameroon, I am willing to respond positively to your overwhelming calls. I will stand as Your Candidate in the upcoming presidential election.”
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