Mr Abdoulaye Harissou forgotten in prison

The news is not good for Abdoulaye Harissou. The close companion of the former Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, was arrested August 27, 2014.

Held under the preventive detention for a period of six months until April 2015, his detention was extended a first time. Six months later, in October, it was the subject of a second extension, reveals the newspaper Le Messager in its edition of Thursday, October 22, 2015.

The new extension pushed the newspaper to ask a number of questions. "Has the charges changed? what about the current charges? on what grounds is he held? Is it required by relevant regulations? what is the maximum warrants prior to trial or release?", questions the paper.

Mr Harissou was charged with attempted murder, attempt to harbor illegally possessed weapons and ammunition of war, hostility against the country and revolution. His arrest "paralyzed civil society and the Cameroonian opinion," says Le Messager.

According to the newspaper, "lobbyists and supporters are actively calling on the State of Cameroon to seek the release of Abdoulaye Harissou".

According to information, "Mr. Robert Badinter, a Socialist, former French Minister of Justice, who prefaced the last book of the Harissou called 'ghost children', asked the French authorities to address the case of the notary. Similarly, the Francophonie and the African Union, two international bodies in which Mr Harissou worked as expert, have approached Cameroon authorities to inquire into the matter." The approach has so far not been prosperous.