It has been almost three months since Cameroon\u2019s leading opposition figure, Anicet Ekane, died in military detention, some five weeks after being arrested.<\/p>\n
Now the authorities are finally allowing the 74-year-old\u2019s family to retrieve his body which has been kept in the Yaound\u00e9 Central Hospital mortuary.<\/p>\n
The decision follows two requests filed by the family’s lawyers and paves the way for his widow to make funeral arrangements.<\/p>\n
Ekane\u2019s remains have been under a judicial seal since his death on 1 December last year, following a decision by the government commissioner at the military court.<\/p>\n
In the coming days, the family lawyers also hope to obtain the autopsy report, which has remained secret until now.<\/p>\n
Ekane was among the leaders of an opposition coalition accused of acts of insurrection and rebellion after endorsing Issa Tchiroma Bakary\u2019s victory in October\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n
Official results of the disputed polls declared 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya the winner, giving him a new seven-year term in office.<\/p>\n
Deadly protests took place in several parts of Cameroon after the vote which Bakary, who has since fled the country, claimed he had won.<\/p>\n
Biya came to power in 1982 following the resignation of Cameroon\u2019s first president and has ruled since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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