Laurent Nkodo accused of misappropriating public funds worth 2b FCFA

The former director general of taxes, currently Senator of Mefou and Akono is at the centre of a scandal for the misappropriation of public funds at the center postal cheques, one of the ancestors of the Cameroon postal services (Campost).

The case of embezzlement in the former postal Centre has not yet unveiled all its facets. After the revelations of "L’oeil du Sahel" last June, it announced that Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of missions to the Presidency of the Republic, was before the special criminal court. The journal of Guibai Gatama reveals that Laurent Nkodo could soon lose his parliamentary immunity to appear before Justice.

The two men from the Seraglio are strongly suspected to have contributed to the bleeding of the postal Centre (Ccp) during the 2000-2005 period. The CHT would like to understand how, and why, the former CEO of taxes spent "without supporting documents", more than 900 million CFA francs, in addition to the collection of close to one billion CFA francs while he was not the recipient.

These operations left inspectors of the Ministry responsible for the higher control of the State (Consupe) speechless during a check at Campost to inquire on the Management Centres of postal cheque. Several high-ranking personalities and a host of businessmen are splashed by the scandal of the fraudulent transactions by Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of missions at the Presidency of the Republic and permanent Secretary of the national Security Council, close associate to the head of State.

Consupe surveys revealed that Paul Atanga Nji would have received more than 700 million CFA francs per financial transactions devoid of honestly. ndeed, the public men involved are mostly still in function. It takes the pronunciation of deprivation of the immunity of Senator Laurent Nkodo, by the upper House of Parliament for him to be presented to Justice.

For Minister Atanga Nji, no administrative legal provision prevents his presence before the judicial authorities.