Cameroon Special Criminal Court orders Barrister Lydian Yen to pay 60 million plus to the Serge Epouhe family

The Special Criminal Court in Yaoundé delivered its verdict on Wednesday in the case between Lydian Eyoum Yen against Serge Epouhé and prosecution. The court ordered the Franco-Cameroonian lawyer to return the sum of 60 million 365,880 FCFA to Serge Epouhé.  Lydian’s lawyers did not say a word on the sentence that was issued in the absence of both parties (the complainant and the accused).

Lydian Yen Eyoum was hired by Jacques Epouhé father of the accuser, to help him regain possession of his boat driver premiums -from March 1994 to March 1995-not paid by the company that was running the Douala port. The lawyer managed to recover that premium and Jacques Epouhé died before payments were made. His son and heir, living in Europe, arrived in Cameroon when the procedure against Lydian Yen Eyoum was underway, in the case between the State of Cameroon against former Minister of Economy and Finance, Polycarpe Abah Abah.

During proceedings in the Polycarpe Abah Abah case, the investigating judge had ordered the closure of accounts belonging Lydian where the Serge Epouhé money had been paid. The judge at the Special Criminal Court confirmed that position in its decision of 26 September 2014 condemning the Franco-Cameroonian. Consequently, whenever the heir son went to BICEC Bank to take possession of the money, the bank refuses to pay out on grounds that Barrister Lydian Yen was the subject of legal proceedings. The recent ruling by the Special Criminal Court has laid the Jacques Epouhe issue to rest.