Former Indomitable Lion Salomon Olembé duped

According to the newspaper Kalara on Monday, August 24, 2015 "between 2003 and 2004, Salomon Olembé acquired three plots of land titles belonging to Mr. Mebenga". The troubles of the former Indomitable Lion began seven years later when an order of the Minister of State Property and Land Affairs on September 12, 2011, decided to withdraw land titles issued in the name of Luc Belmond Mebenga Essama Alima.

This man, head of Oliga Mbankolo neighborhood in the city of Yaoundé is none other than the person who sold the plots to Solomon Olembé and several others. The problem now is the withdrawal of the land title issued by Mr. Mebenga Essama leads to the nullity of the deed he spent with clients including the professional footballer.

To oppose this decision, Salomon Olembé Olembé brought an action for annulment of the decision of the Minister, April 29, 2014 to the Administrative Court of Yaounde. After a further exchange of arguments between the different parties, the panel of judges chaired by Jean Paul Nguimoult delivered its verdict. The appeal of Mr. Olembé was declared inadmissible, the judges felt that Solomon Olembé Olembé had no standing to bring this issue to the court, the newspaper reported.

According to the newspaper, the land dispute dates back more than 18 years. Basically, there is a land with an area of 16 hectares in Mbankolo. It belongs to a man with the name Zibi Fouda. On October 11, 1998, he died without children but left a wife. A procedure is then open at the Court of first instance of Yaoundé and on July 29, 1999, a judgment was made concerning the inheritance, making Zibi Fouda's widow, owner of her late husband’s land.

Only Luc Belmond Mebenga Essama Alima who was the head of the family opposed this ruling and asked to be designated heir to his late uncle, Mr. Zibi Fouda. His proposal was rejected several times. Despite these failures, Mr. Mebenga went to the Conservative land to be aligned instead of Mr. Zibi Fouda among the owners of the land in the community with more than 16 hectares of land.

On the basis of a false deed of an imperfect will, he began to sell land parcels to buyers. On 18 April 2005, the court cancels the "imperfect wills." In his appeal, Mr Olembé, reveals the newspaper, said he was surprised at the time when he was told that land certificates of lands bought from Mr Mebenga were canceled.

For the Attorney General of the Administrative Tribunal “Solomon Olembé who was the beneficiary of a grind, was left without a land title. The only possible action must be against the assignor, Mr. Mebenga to claim back what he paid."