President Paul Biya’s plan to rule Cameroon for life is facing opposition from his own daughter.
Brenda Biya, 27, is campaigning against her 92-year-old father who has been President of Cameroon for 43 years on TikTok. She said in the video that she would “cut” all contact with her parents and said that her family had mistreated her, as well as people close to her “wanting her dead”.
She then pivoted to politics, saying that she would not “vote for Paul Biya” and that she “hoped there would be another President”.
The video has gone viral and has been welcomed by the political opposition. No known official reaction has come from the presidency or the government. Biya is gunning for his eight term in office in the election billed for October 12.
Brenda Biya previously caused controversy with other videos on several occasions, notably showing herself dancing and also through a video published last year announcing her homosexuality, a sexual orientation which is deeply frowned upon on Cameroon.
Cameroon President Paul Biya and daughter Brenda Biya.