Former Cameroon National Assembly president Cavaye Yéguié Djibril has died at 86, according to multiple local and state-media reports. Coverage says he died on May 6 in Mada/Tokombéré, with funeral arrangements already under way.
Cameroon’s former National Assembly president Cavaye Yéguié Djibril has died at the age of 86, according to multiple local and state-media reports.
Cameroon Tribune and CRTV both reported the death, saying he died on May 6 in Mada, in the Tokombéré area of the Far North Region. Other coverage described him as a traditional ruler of Mada and said funeral arrangements were being organized soon after his death.
Djibril was one of Cameroon’s most prominent parliamentary figures, having served for years as president of the National Assembly. Reports on his death prompted immediate tributes from political and community figures in the region.
Most coverage gives his age as 86, though a few reports mentioned 84. The reporting cited a birth year that supports the age of 86 at the time of his death.
Further official details on burial arrangements or a national mourning announcement had not been confirmed in the reporting reviewed.
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