A member of the Cameroon judiciary has been arrested in what is seen as part of a major crackdown against dissent.
Lord Justice Ayah Paul Abine was picked up late Saturday from his home in Yaoundé city.
The former presidential candidate is also the Deputy Attorney General of the country’s Supreme Court and an opposition leader.
Abine, who is also chairman of the Popular Action Party (PAP) had earlier been summoned to appear before an investigator at the Secretariat of State for Defence (SED) on Friday.
He ignored the invitation arguing that the legal procedure to summon a sitting magistrate wasn’t followed.
“Six armed men from SED forcefully arrested him from his residence. They had no arrest warrant and when Ayah Paul Abine stated what the law says, he was told he had no choice than to comply,” a family source said.