Former Minister Louis Bapes Bapes is no more

The former Minister for Secondary Education died early this morning, February 5, 2016, at the Yaounde General Hospital.

Bapes Bapes, who has spent over a decade at the head of this ministry, was replaced during the ministerial reorganization on October 2, 2015. He was under prosecution by the Operation Sparrow-hawk.

Admitted and bedridden in a hospital in the capital since his health prevented him from going to the Special Criminal Court, to defend himself on charges of embezzlement of FCFA 550 million.