Fighting Corruption: Former SONARA GM to be sentenced today

The former general manager of the national oil refining company (Sonara), Charles Metouck and his co-accused will be sentenced today in Yaounde by the Special Criminal Court. Metouck and Co. first charge relates to a 108 000 000 CFA francs transaction in September 2012 between Sonara and a company; Winner King whose headquarters is based in Togo.

In the second charge, Mr. Metouck was accused for complicity with Albert Léonard Dikoumé over the misappropriation of the sum of 406 000 000 CFA francs. This amount according to the public prosecutor involved VAT deductions and other taxes. The Chairman of the jury, Yab Abdou is expected to pronounce the verdict today in Yaoundé, the nation's capital.

It is vital to include in this report that Charles Metouck was on April 24, 2013 sentenced to 9 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 2 million CFA FRANCS for destruction of company documents. The former GM of Sonara was caught in his former office trying to destroy documents 3 days after his sacking.