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] On April 27 2019, Fru Ndi travelled to Kumbo to attend the funeral of Joseph Banadzem, the Parliamentary group leader of the SDF.

Due to the security situation in the area, the governor of the Northwest Region offered Fru Ndi a military escort to protect against any potential separatist attacks.

It turned out that the gunmen's intention was to pressure Fru Ndi into withdrawing all SDF legislators from the National Assembly and the Senate.

Fru Ndi was also accused of ordering the Cameroonian Army to attack separatist camps in the vicinity of Bamenda, which he strongly denied.