President Paul Biya leaves Yaounde for an indefinite stay in Europe

After postponing his trip twice, the head of State of Cameroon will be leaving  Yaounde in the coming hours for an indefinite stay in Europe, according to sources at  the presidential palace in Yaounde and Nsimalen International airport.

The city center of Yaounde has been put on hold with heavily armed presidential guards blocking the entire stretch of road leading from the presidential palace right up to Nsimalen Airport. 

Reportedly, Paul Biya Biya will be heading  to Switzerland, where his family is.Sources say the President is travelling abroad  to bring home his wife and children from holidays.

Paul Biya regularly veers off to Switzerland for some cooling off each time he leaves Cameroon for an official visit to Europe. His stays in the Alpine country don't come cheap. Some years back, the French press published reports indicating that the Biya entourage was spending $40,000 a day on 43 hotel rooms. 

It is hardly ever announced when Biya leaves Cameroon, but his stage-managed homecomings always receive rapturous publicity. Droves of supporters chanting ego-enhancing, masturbatory messages and clad in fabrics with his smiling face embossed on them swarm the Yaoundé Nsimalen Airport.