Lydian Yen Eyoum asks for presidential grace

Jean Yves Leconte, French Senator abroad, expressed his wish to see his compatriot released soon, on Sunday in Yaoundé.

As part of a wider visit to the French community in Cameroon, Jean Yves Leconte, took the opportunity to visit Lydian Yen Eyoum, French lawyer from Cameroon, detained at the Kondengui central prison.

On the case of his compatriot, the French Parliament welcomed the commitment and positions of both Cameroonian and French presidents.

During the visit of the French head of state in Yaounde in July, his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya, took the commitment to release the lawyer for the moment Lydian Yen Eyoum would demand."

"This commitment should now be held," the senator of French abroad.
"I am confident and at the same time I would bring a friendly and supportive system to Lydian yen Eyoum, by what I have heard about the commitments of the President and I also know that it's important for our bilateral relationship to continue to improve", he continued.

Adding, "it's almost Christmas, end of year celebrations and it is always a difficult time when one is not with family. On her behalf, I make this request for freedom. Lydian is in prison and wants to be free."

Before concluding, "she has already requested a presidential pardon."
As a reminder, Mrs. Yen Eyoum Lydian, was mandated by the State to recover an amount of FCFA 3.632 972 800 in the hands of SGBC bank.

The money was recovered and repaid to the Treasury in 2001 after seizure of FCFA 5 124 496 760 billion. And, given the length of the proceedings (15 years), the amount generated interest, and miscellaneous expenses which amounted to 2.155 971 808. Distributed as follows: Grade: FCFA 1.059 618 453.
Lawyers and bailiffs: 1 096 353 355. (Distribution validated by the judgment of 4 March 2008 delivered by the Court of Appeals for the Littoral (Douala) in these terms: "accessories and other costs are only the costs, attorneys' fees and other fee revenues and expenses due to bailiffs ... ".

Based on this ruling, the Delegate Minister for the Budget, through a signed letter on December 23, 2004, Eyoum ask me to transfer half of the 2 billion in the account books of BEAC.

Ultimately, a recovery from FCFA 3.6 billion and which required 15 years of proceedings, Ms Eyoum has paid back into state coffers, FCFA 4.7 billion. This was all the money belonging to the state and even interest and retained only what "rightfully belonged" to her in perfect agreement with the State, explained the Defence Committee of the French lawyer.

In September 2014, Lydian Yen Eyoum was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court (TCS), a court responsible for the fight against economic crime, as part of the "hawk" operation.