A viral video has surfaced online allegedly showing the moment voters in Cameroon queued to collect a bottle of juice and less than $5 in exchange for voting for a 92-year-old candidate who has reportedly ruled the country for over four decades.
The video was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @Joe__Bassey, who made the claims alongside the footage.
According to the post, both men and women were seen standing in line to receive the items before casting their votes.
The candidate in question was identified as Paul Biya, who has been in power for more than 40 years.
@Joe__Bassey wrote: “Moment captured in Cameroon where adults—both men and women—were seen collecting a bottle of juice and less than $5 to vote for 92-year-old French puppet Paul Biya, who has ruled the country for over 40 years.”
The post has sparked widespread reactions, with many social media users taking to the comment section to express their concerns and frustrations.
See some reactions below:
@ladi_etti: “How can African countries support each other to get rid of the likes of Tinubu, Biya and Ruto? One at a time. Especially now we see how problems in one country can affect the whole continent.”
@sasmanic: “Cameroun have one of the most dumbest of people on earth. Except for Southwest and northwest cameroun.”
@nellycentz: “I hide such videos from my colleagues here in the US. It gives most of them racists something to feed on.”
@MarvinAgunkwo: “He said he wanted to retire but the people said he should run again. These retarded leaders are killing me. It’s the same all over Africa. They take us as fools, I don’t blame them anyways.”
@RolandNGabriel: “This is why they love democracy so much. So that they can weaponize the poverty they kept in the land and keep the evil puppets in power. Enough.”
@EdorheJones: “Nothing to see here just naive Africans collecting food they will eat for the next 4 years.”
