Cameroon Elections: CPDM Official Resigns, Slams “Mathematical Miracle of Fraud”

In a letter addressed to the CPDM Section President for Boyo I – Njinikom, Kube condemned the official figures that credited President Paul Biya with 2,241 votes in a town where, according to him, “barely 130 people were seen at the polling station.” He called the official tally “a shameless fabrication that insults both arithmetic and conscience.”

“A National Embarrassment”

Kube’s resignation letter, circulated widely on social media, described the Njinikom figures as “a national embarrassment and a direct assault on truth and decency.” He accused local party operatives and electoral officials of colluding to manufacture numbers for the regime.

“The CPDM, which once claimed to be a Democratic Movement, has now become a Demolition Machine—demolishing truth, demolishing conscience, and demolishing the trust of the Cameroonian people,”
— Maurice Tiibam Kube, resignation letter excerpt.

The now former CPDM member declared he would “rather stand alone with the truth than march with a crowd of impostors,” signalling what observers call a “moral earthquake” within the ruling party’s own ranks.

Fraud in the Anglophone Regions

The case of Njinikom adds to mounting controversy over the integrity of election results in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions, where official data shows unexpectedly high voter turnout and overwhelming support for President Biya — contradicting widespread reports of ghost towns, intimidation, and violence.

In Boyo Division, several polling stations recorded turnout figures exceeding the number of registered voters, a pattern also observed in Momo and Menchum Divisions. Independent observers and opposition monitors have called such results “statistically impossible.”

Analysts say Kube’s defection exposes a deeper fracture within the CPDM as the regime struggles to maintain internal cohesion amid allegations of large-scale fraud.

An Enemy from Within

Within the ruling party, sources describe Kube as now “an enemy from within.” A longtime loyalist turned dissident, he is said to have been under intense pressure to retract his statement. Yet, according to party insiders, Kube “could not hold his conscience hostage.”

A former educator and community leader, Kube’s defiance marks one of the most significant acts of political conscience since the early 1990s, when internal dissent within the CPDM briefly surfaced following the controversial 1992 presidential race.

“What Maurice Kube did is what many within the CPDM whisper in private,” said a Bamenda-based political analyst. “He simply had the courage to say out loud what the system fears the most — that Biya has lost moral authority, even among his own.”

A Party in Panic

As the fallout spreads, party elders in Boyo are reportedly convening an emergency meeting to “contain the damage.” Meanwhile, civil society organizations have praised Kube’s action as a “rare act of integrity” in a political landscape dominated by fear and opportunism.

The Collectif des Organisations de la Société Civile Camerounaise (COSCLDC) recently recognized Issa Tchiroma Bakary as the legitimate winner of the October 12 presidential vote, further isolating the CPDM hierarchy.

The cracks are widening — and from within the ruling party itself, voices like Kube’s are turning what was once absolute loyalty into moral rebellion.