00:00Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanganji, has rejected opposition candidate Isachiroma Bakari's claim of victory and accused him of trying to disrupt the electoral process.
00:13Atanganji had warned last week that any unauthorized release of results will be deemed high treason, saying only the Constitutional Council can declare a winner.
00:24Isachiroma Bakari had claimed victory early Tuesday in the October 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Beer, who has been in power for over four decades, to concede.
00:36Isachiroma, who is in his late 70s, was a government spokesperson and a minister of employment under Beer, but quit the government last year to launch his presidential run.
00:47His campaign drew large crowds and backing from a coalition of opposition parties and civic groups.
00:53Beer has been in power since 1982, nearly half his lifetime, making him Cameroon's second president since independence from France in 1960.
01:04According to Cameroon Electoral Court, the results of the election will be proclaimed by the Constitutional Council within no more than 15 days of the close of the poll.
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