Breaking News: MMI News has just confirmed that prominent human rights lawyer Barrister Agbor Felix Nkongho has fled Cameroon after narrowly escaping arrest in the wake of the country’s disputed presidential election. Nkongho, who publicly supported Issa Tchiroma Bakary during the campaign and joined him on the trail, emerged as a key ally within the reformist movement. After the vote, he boldly denounced widespread fraud and irregularities, accusing electoral authorities of “systematically subverting the people’s will.” According to sources close to the lawyer, he left Cameroon late last week after learning that security forces had been deployed to arrest him. His escape comes amid a wider crackdown on opposition and civil-society figures. Barrister Nkongho, founder of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) and one of the most recognisable figures of Cameroon’s Anglophone civil movement, had repeatedly warned that only a transparent vote could safeguard national stability. His post-election stance, however, drew sharp attacks from pro-government media and political operatives. With Nkongho now reportedly safe outside the country, rights advocates say his flight reflects the deepening repression and erosion of civic freedoms following the 2025 polls. “The persecution of legal and civic actors simply for speaking the truth about the vote reveals the climate of fear gripping Cameroon’s public space,” said a Yaoundé-based observer. As of publication, authorities have not issued any statement regarding Nkongho’s situation. #MMINews #CameroonElections2025 #AgborNkongho #IssaTchiromaBakary #DisoProject #CameroonDemocracy #HumanRightsInCameroon #CameroonPolitics #ElectionTransparency #CivilSociety #ProtectCivicSpace #AfricanDemocracy #AccountabilityMatters #VoicesForFreedom #NationBuilders

Breaking News: Barrister Michèle Ndoki, lawyer and co-founder of Les Bâtisseurs de la Nation (The Nation Builders), has gone into hiding after narrowly escaping arrest in the tense aftermath of the country’s presidential election. During a press conference held shortly after the vote, Ndoki and the Nation Builders’ co-founders announced preliminary findings from the Disô citizen-monitoring project, which showed Issa Tchiroma Bakary leading based on verified tallies collected from polling stations nationwide. Even before the Constitutional Council announced results declaring Paul Biya the winner, authorities moved to detain Ndoki, despite the coalition’s evidence indicating widespread discrepancies in the official count. Warned of imminent arrest, Ndoki left Yaoundé for Douala and travelled through Cameroon’s northern regions, where she has gone into hiding. Her departure proved timely, as the weekend before the results were proclaimed, dozens of opposition and civil-society leaders were arrested in coordinated operations across major cities. The Disô initiative, coordinated by Ndoki and her colleagues, deployed thousands of trained observers and a real-time reporting platform to ensure electoral transparency. Their data directly contradicted the official results later endorsed by the Constitutional Council. Ndoki’s escape highlights both the scale of the crackdown following the elections and the determination of citizen groups to defend democratic accountability in Cameroon despite mounting state repression. buff.ly/2LrGlcF #CameroonElections2025 #MichelleNdoki #DisoProject #NationBuilders #CameroonDemocracy #ElectionTransparency #CitizenMonitoring #HumanRightsInCameroon #IssaTchiromaBakary #PaulBiya #AfricanDemocracy #AccountabilityMatters #ProtectCivicSpace #VoicesForFreedom