Article 347 – 1 prohibits sexual relation with a person of the same sex, with a penalty of between six months to five years imprisonment, as well as a fine. Over the years, Cameroonian security have arbitrarily arrested, beaten or threatened many people for alleged consensual same sex conduct or gender nonconformity. And among that, the popular Shakiro. So yesterday case was the arrest of four young men in a neighborhood in Yaoundé.
Police in Yaoundé, arrested four young men accused of practicing homosexuality at the Nkoldongo neighborhood on Saturday, August 28, 2021. The Police was alerted after neighbors heard persistent cries emanating from a room. Neighbors say such cries have been constant, until they could no longer deal with it.
On the streets, the crowd booed at them as they made their way to the Police vehicle for questioning.
Following this incident, many social media users are calling on the government to take serious action on this case of homosexuality. And that Shakiro was left off the hook on the pretext that he was never caught, but in this case there are a lot of evidence.