By Noela EBOB BISONG
The Delegate General of Cameroon’s National Security (DGNS), Martin Mbarga Nguele has urged for tightened security across the country to destabilise any plans for a potential post election unrest.
Through an internal communication from the DGNS to regional police commands, he urges them to take immediate preventive measures to maintain serenity in the post election period.
Dated October 22, 2025, and transmitted through the Acting Regional Delegate for National Security in the South-West Region, the directive presses for reinforced collaboration between police units, administrative authorities, and other defence and security forces.
The DGNS, Martin Mbarga Nguele intimates in the note that reportedly trusted intelligence has notified that opposition figure, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, one of the contestants of the October 12 presidential election, has allegedly contacted through a specific telephone number, some members of the Cameroon military to solicit their participation in demonstrations following the proclamation of election results.
While instructing police commanders across the regions to educate personnel under their authority, enhance security patrols on all major roads, and reinforce mixed checkpoints at the entrances and exits of major towns, the Police boss observed that the purpose of the alleged action by the opposition leader is to organise coordinated disruptions along major transport corridors, including the Bafoussam–Douala and Yaoundé–Douala highways in the country.
He further urges his collaborators to promptly alert on all actions taken, emphasising that both urgency and importance are “highly signalled.”
Calls for peace have taken centre stage over the past days, with some Cameroonians echoing the priceless nature of peace. However, the tension within the territory remains visible, with various demonstrations occuring in certain towns, Sunday, October 26, demanding the respect of “the will of the people.” Reports alledge that some lives were lost in the course of street protests in Douala, economic capital of Cameroon. Several administrators took it as a measure to ban the circulation of motorbikes between Monday, October 27 and Tuesday, October 28, as a means to foil protests plans in towns across Cameroon.