Cameroon's Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji has declared that opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary will undergo legal proceedings over allegations that he provoked "aggressive post-election demonstrations".
At least 4 demonstrators have been lost their lives during clashes between police and military and demonstrators since the presidential election on October 12, with the 92-year-old head of state winning an eighth term in office.
The opposition leader maintains that he emerged victorious, a assertion rejected by the governing party, the CPDM.
Aggressive responses by security personnel on demonstrators have worried the global community, with the United Nations, AU and EU calling for caution.
On Tuesday, the interior minister charged the opposition figure of coordinating what he labeled "unauthorized" protests resulting in the loss of lives, and also criticised him for declaring victory in the presidential race.
He further stated that Tchiroma Bakary's "co-conspirators involved in an insurrectionary plan" will also undergo judicial processes.
Cameroon's leader, who assumed office in 1982 and is now the most elderly national leader, won the 12 October presidential election with over half of the ballots, compared to just over a third for the challenger, according to the constitutional court.
The opposition figure is remains silent to the official announcement to prosecute him, but he had earlier announced that he refused to acknowledge a stolen vote - and that he was fearless of being detained.
Following the vote count, he said that security forces shot on protesters assembled near his home in Garoua, fatally wounding at least 2 civilians.
On Tuesday, the interior minister announced that an inquiry would be initiated into clashes before and after the declaration of the election results.
"Throughout the violence, some of the criminals died," he said, without providing a precise figure of demonstrators who have been lost their lives in the confrontations.
Nji added that several officers of the law enforcement also suffered major harm.
Even though Nji asserted the condition across the country was now under control, demonstrators remain active in various areas of the nation, especially in Douala and Garoua, where demonstrators set up roadblocks on Tuesday, and ignited tires on the streets.
Analysts caution that the election-related unrest could plunge the nation into a political crisis.
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