Call no man happy until he is safely in his grave

Jerome Mendouga, who boasted of his close kinship with Paul Biya could never have believed that he will end a 30 year diplomatic career in Jail, under Biya's regime.

Mendouga who has real estate property in Bangui and many other African capitals where he has served, had attempted to seek asylum in the United States and Canada to no avail.

Ironically, he spent 15 years in Washington D.C misrepresenting to the US government that in Cameroon the rule of law prevails, and that claims by asylees that they are being locked up in Kondengui are false.

He had his mea culpa when he went to Yaounde, only to end up in Kondengui. When the "Washington Diplomat" (magazine) interviewed him a few years ago, he was so distraught and ashamed.

He claimed that if anyone told him that he will end his thirty year service to his country in jail, he could never have believed.

Mendouga's death in the ignominy of Kondengui, is a testament to the perfidy of the Biya dictatorship, which devours friend and foe alike. Now that Gervais Mendo Ze is in Kondengui, it would be sweet Karma if he too kicked the bucket inside his kinsman's dungeon.

In Mendo Ze's case they will need a really big coffin.