A video shared on social media has sparked outrage and raised questions about the integrity of elections in Cameroon. The footage appears to show voters collecting a bottle of juice and less than $5 in exchange for casting their ballots in favor of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, who has ruled the country for over 40 years.

The video, shared by user @Joe__Bassey, shows both men and women standing in line to receive the items before voting. @Joe__Bassey wrote: “Moment captured in Cameroon where adults—both men and women—were seen collecting a bottle of juice and less than $5 to vote for 92-year-old French puppet Paul Biya, who has ruled the country for over 40 years.”

The practice has been met with widespread criticism, with many expressing frustration over the alleged manipulation of voters. Some social media users have questioned the democratic process in Africa, while others have condemned the exploitation of poverty to keep leaders in power.

Ladi_etti said, “How can African countries support each other to get rid of the likes of Tinubu, Biya and Ruto? One at a time. Especially now we see how problems in one country can affect the whole continent.” Sasmanic added, “Cameroun have one of the most dumbest of people on earth. Except for Southwest and northwest Cameroon.” Nellycentz noted, “I hide such videos from my colleagues here in the US. It gives most of them racists something to feed on.” MarvinAgunkwo stated, “He said he wanted to retire but the people said he should run again. These retarded leaders are killing me. It’s the same all over Africa. They take us as fools, I don’t blame them anyways.” RolandNGabriel said, “This is why they love democracy so much. So that they can weaponize the poverty they kept in the land and keep the evil puppets in power. Enough.” EdorheJones commented, “Nothing to see here just naive Africans collecting food they will eat for the next 4 years.”