Since February 18, 2016, Patrice Sohna, 41-year old, resides in the cells of the GMI No. 1 police unit in the grounds of the Police Academy in Yaounde. He is under an administrative custody ordered by the Governor of the Central Region, for “disturbing public order and inciting rebellion.“

Patrice Sohna, president of the UPC section of Yaounde II, was arrested at the 20th May Boulevard as he presented to three passerby placards with messages hostile to the candidacy of Paul Biya to upcoming presidential elections.

“A new presidential term of Mr. Biya is too suicidal and jeopardizing the future of Cameroon,” he posted on the street. But also the main subject of his communication was “calling the candidature of Prof. Owona Nguini in the next election to the Presidency of the Republic, a guarantee of expertise and credibility.” The third signbiard was the message that there is no “super Cameroonian” all are “equal before the law.“



An act assimilated to organized crime according to Otto Wilson, Governor of the Central Region. Who decided to take away his freedom for a period of 15 days. A decision made on February 19, 2016 by order of the governor, we learned. On Saturday, February 27, 2016, Patrice Sohna was at the tenth day of detention and only on that date that he was able to talk to representatives of the National Commission on Human Rights. The attempts of the later to contact the detainee had been idle for two days. “We take care only to keep Mr. Sohna and have nothing to do with the reasons for his implementation in custody. Move closer to the governor for permission for him to communicate with you, “they politely answered.

The detainee stated that the order came from a “man sitting in his 4×4” wearing a badge of the Presidency of the Republic. He also said he never received the order of the Governor that permitted his arrest. Patrice Sohna said he did not take a bath for four days after his arrest, he had no right to a lawyer and his phone has not been returned.