Part of the Anglophone Crisis | |
![]() Fru Ndi in conversation with his kidnappers | |
Date | 27 April 2019 |
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Location | Wainama, Bui, Northwest Region, Cameroon[1] |
Motive | Pressure Fru Ndi to withdraw all SDF legislators from the National Assembly and the Senate |
Outcome | Fru Ndi released after refusing to give in to the kidnappers' demand |
Deaths | None |
John Fru Ndi, the leader of the Cameroonian Social Democratic Front was kidnapped twice during the Anglophone Crisis. The first incident was a brief and bloodless, with Fru Ndi being held by Ambazonian separatist fighters for a few hours and then released the same day. The second kidnapping was more dramatic, with gunmen breaking into his home, shooting his bodyguard in the leg[2] and subjecting Fru Ndi to a rough treatment.[3]