YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory early Tuesday in the Oct. 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Biya, who has been in power for over four decades, to concede.

“Our victory is clear, it must be respected,” Tchiroma said in a video statement on Facebook, calling on Biya to “accept the truth of the ballot box” or “plunge the country into turmoil.”

Elections Cameroon, the independent body in charge of overseeing the poll, and the constitutional court have not yet announced any results. Official results are expected at the latest by Oct. 26.

Biya’s Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party rejected Tchiroma’s claim on Tuesday.

Gregoire Owona, the deputy secretary-general of the CPDM, said the opposition candidate did

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