YAOUNDE (Reuters) -Following are details of the main opposition challengers to Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, seeking to win an October 12 election that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100.

ISSA TCHIROMA BAKARY

A former government spokesperson who most recently served as employment minister, Tchiroma announced in June he was defecting in response to mounting public frustration after more than four decades under 92-year-old Biya.

“A country cannot exist in the service of one man. It must live in the service of its people,” Tchiroma wrote in an open letter announcing his candidacy.

That raised the possibility of a realignment in Cameroon’s northern regions – Tchiroma’s home base – which has traditionally delivered strong support

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