Another fighter is gone.
Another voice silenced.
Another patriot dies inside a system that has turned state institutions into instruments of fear.
Anicet Ekane, president of MANIDEM, nationalist icon, and lifelong defender of sovereignty, died today in detention without charges, without trial, without justice.
And let us be honest:
**This is not an isolated tragedy.
This is what a dictatorship looks like.**
For 43 years, the CPDM machinery has crushed political opponents, controlled institutions, militarized justice, and suffocated dissent.
Ekane’s death is not an accident it is the predictable outcome of a system built on repression.
Below is what this moment really reveals and why Cameroonians must not stay silent.
1. A Regime Where Opposition Is a Crime
Ekane was arrested during the post-electoral crisis, like many others brave enough to question the regime.
He committed no offense.
He faced no judge.
He was interrogated once and then swallowed by the darkness of military detention.
In Cameroon today:
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questioning election results is treated as rebellion,
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supporting an opposition candidate is “subversion,”
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and speaking the truth is “destabilization.”
This is not democracy.
This is authoritarian rule wearing the mask of legality.
2. A Justice System Captured and Weaponized
Let’s stop pretending.
Cameroon’s justice system is not independent.
It is:
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controlled from the top,
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used to neutralize opponents,
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stripped of credibility,
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overshadowed by the military,
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and incapable of protecting political rights.
Ekane died without ever seeing a judge a humiliation to the very concept of justice.
This is the outcome when courts answer to power, not to the law.
3. The SED Has Become a Symbol of Fear
Ekane died in the same place countless political detainees have passed through:
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interrogated in secrecy,
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denied transparency,
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held indefinitely,
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and deprived of basic human dignity.
The SED is now synonymous with:
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intimidation,
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arbitrary detention,
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torture allegations,
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and the suffocation of dissent.
It has become the battlefield where the regime fights its imaginary “enemies.”
In truth, the only enemy here is freedom.
4. This Is What 43 Years of CPDM Rule Looks Like
Let us name things plainly:
For more than four decades, the CPDM has built a system where:
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institutions obey the executive,
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the military polices political life,
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elections lack credibility,
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dissenters are harassed or jailed,
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citizens fear the state,
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and critics disappear.
Ekane did not die in a vacuum.
He died in a system that devours those who dare to speak.
This is the political legacy of a party that has clung to power through fear, not legitimacy.
5. A Political Climate Where Nobody Is Safe
When a 74-year-old opposition leader can die in detention without charges, it means:
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activists are not safe,
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journalists are not safe,
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students are not safe,
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ordinary citizens are not safe,
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no one is safe.
Cameroon has reached a point where silence is survival and survival is not guaranteed.
This is how dictatorships operate:
first they come for the loud voices, then the brave voices, then the last few voices until only fear remains.
6. Ekane’s Death Is a National Alarm - Ignore It at Your Own Peril
Ekane was not just a political leader.
He was:
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a thinker,
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an activist,
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a patriot,
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a voice of integrity,
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a man who loved Cameroon enough to risk everything for it.
His death is more than a tragedy.
It is a warning.
A nation where its elders die in detention is a nation walking toward darkness.
A nation where truth becomes dangerous is a nation in crisis.
A nation where institutions obey power instead of the people is a nation on the edge.
Now Cameroonians must decide:
Do we mourn quietly or do we stand loudly?
7. Ekane Did Not Die for Nothing - He Died Because He Refused to Kneel
Ekane spent his life fighting for a republic that still refuses to be born.
He denounced:
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fake elections,
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fake procedures,
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fake justice,
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fake institutions,
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and the fake stability that the regime sells to the world.
In his own recorded words, he pointed to the architects of this crisis.
All he wanted was to confront them politically not violently.
He died because he demanded accountability from a system allergic to responsibility.
8. Conclusion: This Death Must Change Something - or We Accept the Unacceptable
Anicet Ekane’s death cannot become another forgotten footnote.
It cannot be swallowed by the silence of fear.
It cannot be washed away by “investigations” that never produce truth.
We owe him and ourselves more.
Because if this death changes nothing, then Cameroon has chosen:
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dictatorship over democracy,
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fear over courage,
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silence over justice,
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decay over dignity.
Ekane died for a Republic denied by its own rulers.
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