YAOUNDE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cameroonian President Paul Biya cast his ballot in the country's presidential election Sunday at noon in the capital Yaounde at the Government Primary School Bastos polling station.
Biya told reporters soon after casting his vote that he was pleased with the way voting was unfolding in the country.
"I feel satisfied after accomplishing my right. I see that things are going on well, there are no fights. The electoral campaign unfolded in serenity. The election represents one more step for me and a great satisfaction if I am elected." Biya said.
Joshua Osih of the Social Democratic Front, the leading opposition candidate, also cast his ballot in the country's economic capital, Douala at Lycee Joss polling station.
"This election is not about the candidate. What matters most for this election is what the future holds for the country considering the war going on in the country. The information we are receiving this morning from Northwest and Southwest regions is not good," Osih said after voting, who mentioned the Anglophone crisis that is underway for about 2 years.
Local media reported clashes between government forces and armed separatists in the restive Anglophone regions as registered voters await to cast their votes.
"A vehicle belonging to state media Cameroon Tribune was attacked by the separatists in Buea, Southwest region but no one was injured. Most of the polling stations are not functioning because there are no voters yet. Officials are still trying to vote in some polling stations that are heavily guarded by government forces." Derick Jato, a local journalist told Xinhua from Buea.
Armed separatist forces fighting to create a new nation in the two Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest called "Ambazonia" have vowed to stop the vote from taking place in the two regions.
There are 6,617,854 people registered to vote in the poll, according to Cameroonian electoral body, Elections Cameroon. Voting ends at 6 pm local time.
