{"id":1973,"date":"2026-10-27T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/cameroon-suspends-opposition-party\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T20:33:39","slug":"cameroon-suspends-opposition-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/cameroon-suspends-opposition-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon suspends opposition party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Paul-Biya-cameroon.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cameroon suspends opposition party\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Paul-Biya-cameroon.webp 770w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Paul-Biya-cameroon-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Paul-Biya-cameroon-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have suspended the Cameroon National Salvation Front (FSNC) of opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary, in Gambian exile, for three months, the minister for territorial administration announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bakary, a former minister, had rallied young people seeking change during the presidential election of a year ago, won by 93-year-old Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Territorial administration minister Paul Atanga Nji suspended the party, according to a statement, on grounds of \u201cincitement to insurrection\u201d and \u201cserious disturbance of public order,\u201d saying this had occurred \u201cbefore, during and after the presidential election of October 12, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement warned the party could face legal challenge if it did not accept the sanction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After declaring himself the winner of the election, Bakary repeatedly called on supporters to defend his \u201cvictory\u201d, triggering protests in major cities that were brutally suppressed, resulting in a number of deaths with the government yet to provide a toll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thereafter Bakary went into exile in Gambia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The temporary suspension of the party, which has two members of parliament, comes ahead of local and parliamentary elections, scheduled for early 2027 after multiple postponements.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/cameroon-suspends-opposition-party\/\">Cameroon suspends opposition party<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have suspended the Cameroon National Salvation Front (FSNC) of opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary, in Gambian exile, for three months, the minister for territorial administration announced Tuesday. Bakary, a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}