As election results expected: US-based Fabian Lyonga rejects violence, calls for calm.

The US-based Cameroonian, in a statement issued October 21, days to the proclamation of the results of the hotly contested presidential poll, strongly appealed to all Cameroonian youth, both at home and abroad, to embrace peace, reject manipulation, and uphold national unity.

Lyonga was categorical that violence has never been a solution to political disputes. He warned that “the presence of violence often leads to the loss of innocent lives, and no political ambition should ever cost the life of a Cameroonian youth”. 

The entrepreneur and politician added that: “Any politician who calls on young people to take to the streets should be the first to lead, alongside his or her own children”. 

Lyonga urged diaspora compatriots to "refrain from both physical and verbal violence, while continuing to demonstrate discipline, civic responsibility, and respect for the laws of their host countries". 

In a firm but diplomatic remark directed at the government of France, Lyonga appealed for non-interference in Cameroon’s domestic affairs.

He asserted that “the new generation of Cameroonians is enlightened, informed, and determined to protect the sovereignty of their nation from any form of manipulation or neo-colonial influence". 

Reaffirming his message of peace, Lyonga reminded all Cameroonian youths that “no one loves you more than you love yourself, and no politician will ever send their children to lead acts of violence” 

He called on all young people to prioritize their safety, future, and the stability of their homeland. He reaffirmed his commitment to continue promoting dialogue, civic education, and cross-continental cooperation among Cameroonian youths to ensure a peaceful, united, and progressive Cameroon.

Lyonga's permanent crusade foe peace

The business executive, charismatic youth leader, and a visionary, it should be said, owns a start-up called Eagle's World LLC, in the US. 

The company promotes Africa as a dream destination, an initiative he developed in 2009 when he registered his first business, Eagle Travel Agency in Cameroon.

His passion to support the growing population of youth in Cameroon led him to at become the Founder and President of the United Council for Youth Empowerment, UCYE. 

The youth-led non-for-profit and charity volunteer organisation is based in the US/Cameroon, and represented in over 14 countries with over 1,700 volunteers. Its headquarters are in Delaware, USA, and Yaounde, Cameroon.

Charismatic youth leader

Besides being a leading business executive, Fabian Lyonga is also a community-oriented leader and a Global Youth Activist. He represented Cameroonian youths at the 2018 United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC Youth Forum.

He is a board member of the Pan-African Diaspora Youth Association, PADYA. Over the years, his determination to influence positive change in today's world has led him to impact the lives of over six thousand youths in Africa and the world at large through various seminars and career workshops.

UCYE has given over two thousand certificates, awards, and scholarships in a bid to encourage determined and outstanding youths for their endeavors.

As a Pan-Africanist, Lyonga is a promoter of African culture and diversity. He earned the title of a Tour Operator in 2012, provided by the Cameroon Ministry of Tourism and Leisure.

Since 2015, he has championed and sponsored several events organized for public outreach. In these accomplishments, he realised a desire to see others fulfill their dreams as he had by enabling changes essential to achieving community empowerment.

He pioneered the Cameroon Christian Youth Fellowship, CCYF, to address and prevent local based community and religious disagreements in Cameroon and the sub-region.

Lyonga's quest for positive change has enabled him to collaborate with prominent institutions including the United Nations agencies (UN Human Rights Commission, UN Environment, and UN Volunteer), embassies in Cameroon, representatives of various international organisations and personalities, such as the 2016 US Vice President, Joe Biden, among others.

Aside his civil society umbrella, Lyonga is equally a tenacious 21st-century emerging politician, an active and entrusted Cameroon political youth leader serving in the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, CPDM, since 2004.

He has held several leadership positions from Brach President in Tiko, Sub-section executive, YCPDM Section Secretary for Fako East, Central Committee Charge de Mission for the 2013 municipal and legislative elections, and currently the Section Officer for Lower Organs Activities for CPDM USA.

His hobby for volunteerism even in politics led him to visit the US to observe the 2016 United States presidential election. With his commitment to the community, he led the training for 1,000 Cameroonian youth to run as candidates for council and legislative elections. 

After inviting his country's Minister of Youth Affairs to the United States in 2018 to dialogue with Cameroonian youth, he has organised several virtual meetings bringing the members of government and the diaspora youth together since the mellifluous call of the President of the Republic to have the Diaspora youth come back home.

Answering the Head of State's call for effective resumption of schools in the North West and South West Regions and challenging the school closures by separatists in the regions, in 2020, he created the Lyonga Institute of Science and Technology, LIST, which currently has a private tuition-free university in mile 16, Buea.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3603 of Thursday October 23, 2025