Cameroon: Supreme court rejects appeal and confirm 20 years jail term for Inoni and Mebara

The former Chief SG of the presidency, Jean Marie Atangana Mebara and his then deputy, who is also a former Prime minister, Ephraim Inoni will serve their remaining eleven years imprisonment terms.
The decision was reiterated by the supreme court which rejected their appeal yesterday 27th of June 2017 on grounds that; the arguments and facts presented by the lawyers of the accused were not sufficient to counteract the judgement of the special criminal court which sentenced them on the 02nd of October 2013 with 20 years jail terms each.

Maître Claude Assira; defence counsel for Mebara said he raised nine  points to reason the judges why his client is innocent but the college of judges did not give a any attention.

Chief Inoni Ephraim who has never accepted he is guilty of any wrong doing saw his  family members and friends who filled the court room of the highest court in Cameroon left with so much frustration and disappointment. All hopes of seeing the one time strong man of the Yaounde regime set free or benefit from any diminished responsibility was dashed.

As it stands, the dual will remain in prison for the next eleven years except their grand master Paul Biya Bi Mvondo grants them clemency.

It should be recalled that Jean Marie Atangana Mebara and his co- accused Chief Ephraim Inoni are charged with the embezzlement of  fcfa 1.7 billion related to the defunct Cameroon Airlines Company.