Cameroon: Former ministers to go on trial for corruption

Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit has been reliably informed that all is now set for the arrest and subsequent trial of three former cabinet ministers dropped after the October 2nd, 2015 reorganization of the CPDM government by President Biya. At the request of the Special Criminal Court, some of them have had their passports confiscated by the judicial police. We gathered that Lazare Essimi Menye, former Minister of Agriculture, Robert Nkili ex-transport minister and Jean Biyiti Bi Essam former Minister of Post and Telecommunications are prominent among other CPDM personalities to appear before judges of the Special Criminal Court to defend their honor against accusations of embezzlement and misappropriation of state funds.

Earlier today, our source at the Special Criminal Court revealed that the arrest of former minister Jean Pierre Biyiti Bi Essam is eminent. During his time as Secretary General in the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, 3 billion FCFA was misappropriated. He was also questioned some few months ago about fictitious mission expenses estimated at 30 million CFA francs which he reportedly refunded. Lazare Essimi Menye, now suffering from a stroke was interrogated on January 13, 2015 in the office of the Minister for Justice by investigators from the Special Criminal Court. The Lazare Essimi affair carries a 9 billion FCFA accusation in the rehabilitation of Amity Bank and also that of a 50 million FCFA involving the defunct Cameroonian Tobacco Company. Former Minister Robert Nkili, was given a serious grilling at his home on October 12, 2015 in a case concerning the acquisition of the Chinese MA-60 aircraft which till this day is still not functional.