Cameroon: Former Minister of Agriculture placed under surveillance at the CNPS hospital in Yaounde

Former minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Lazare Essimi Menye has reportedly been placed under surveillance since October 11, 2015 at the National Social Insurance Fund hospital in Yaounde. Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit has learnt that Lazare Essimi Menye was denied the right to be evacuated to Europe by a regime he once served as a cabinet minister. 

Government sources say his request for medical evacuation was rejected last Friday and the act dedicating the rejection was notified to his lawyers. Former Minister Lazare Essimi Menye seen here inside the presidency with Cameroon Concord’s Chairman and CEO, Soter Agbaw-Ebai when he was top in those days, has two pending cases at the Special Criminal Court in Yaounde. The first corruption charge against him has been linked to Amity Bank Cameroon where he is expected to explain a payment of 9.025 billion FCFA to Atlantic Bank. And the second case is that of the defunct Cameroon Tobacco Company involving just over 50 million CFA francs.