Three days after the presidential election in Cameroon closed, voices are being raised in several towns and cities to denounce electoral fraud.

Some Cameroonians, claiming that the opposition received the majority of votes and that the results from the polls were falsified in some places, are putting pressure on them, demanding the truth from the polls.

On the evening of October 15 in Dschang, similar demands escalated into post-election violence. Protesters set fire to the Cameroon People's Democratic Rally (CPDM) party headquarters in the city to denounce fraud and demand the outgoing president's resignation.

This morning, only walls and debris remained of what served as the building's roof. That same evening, the Dschang courthouse was set on fire. The public building went up in smoke at a time when the high courts house the departmental commissions supervising vote counting. "An act of vandalism against our collective memory," denounced Jean de Dieu Momo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, and national president of PADDEC, a party allied with the CPDM.

The violence did not stop at these two buildings. The local headquarters of Elections Cameroon was also attacked by protesters, who reportedly forced their way through the building to seize the minutes of the local polling commissions. Furthermore, the residence of the rector of the University of Dschang was also targeted by protesters, who set fire to the sentry box as law enforcement officers arrived on the scene.

Faced with this wave of violence in the city, law enforcement forces carried out raids to counter the protesters who were operating at night. The gendarmerie deployed and arrested several protesters. They will answer for their actions before the competent authorities.