Cameroon opposition leader John Fru Ndi dies at 81

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John Fru Ndi gestures during an electoral meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon on October 8, 2011. PHOTO | AFP

Mr John Fru Ndi ,81, thought he had succeeded Cameroonian President Paul Biya. But 31 years later, he will go to his grave grieving of electoral theft.

Ndi had been a frequent loser in elections that followed the country’s controversial 1992 polls. In fact, Cameroonians routinely nicknamed him the ‘Odinga’ of Cameroon, relating his political misfortunes with that of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.