Cameroon: Former Minister Ordered To Pay Back Looted Public Funds

The prosecution also requested an adjournment of the trial. The next hearing will take place on February 5, 2020, for the restitution request by counsel of the accused Basile Atangana Kouna.  

Barrister Ayissi Atangana and her fellow counsel for Basile Atangana Kouna insisted that their client wanted and is willing to return the proceeds of his crime. They even handed over to the Court, the document containing the account numbers, concerning the methods of payment, which were submitted at the secretariat of the prosecutor. 

Note that in addition to the refusal of the State, Cameroon Water Utilities (Camwater) through the voice of its counsel also opposed the request of the former Minister of water and energy to return the proceeds reasons being that it is on the fringes of the law. {loadposition myposition2}