Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroonian President Paul Biya, has urged voters to oppose her father in the forthcoming presidential election in the country.
Brenda said this in a video posted on her social media accounts, ahead of the presidential election slated for October 12, 2025.
The president’s daughter said she no longer considers herself part of the presidential family, adding that she would refuse any financial support from her parents.
She also mentioned family tensions, accusing her uncle, the Director of the Civil Cabinet, of wishing “her death by overdose.”
Brenda also apologised to Cameroonians for “the harm” she said her father had caused since taking office.
Brenda, in a now-deleted video confirmed she would not vote for the current regime and called on her compatriots to do the same.
Looking deeply into the camera in an oversized hoodie and pink-tinted hair, the president’s daughter said in French: “Do not vote for Paul Biya, not because of me, but because he has made too many people suffer.
“I hope we will have another president.”
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Biya and his office have not responded to his daughter’s video.
27-year-old Brenda is known for posting images of herself posing on top of a Rolls-Royce, flashing a diamond-studded Rolex, or boarding a private jet.
Biya, 92, announced in July to run for an eighth term in office.
In power for 42 years, Biya has presided over economic stagnation and political repression in his nation of 30 million people. Transparency International lists his government as one of the most corrupt in the world.
The average Cameroonian lives on less than $5 a day, World Bank data shows, while GDP per capita is lower than it was at its peak in 1986.
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