Former CEO EDC Celestin NdongaCelestin Ndonga, the former Director General of Cameroon Electricity Development (EDC) has embezzled 535 million CFA francs to the detriment of the state owned company he was managing between 2008 and 2009.
Fourteen former employees and service providers are also implicated in the crime.
On Tuesday, 4 October, in the lawsuit between EDC Celestin Ndonga, special criminal court in Yaounde (TCS) began with the first prosecution witness, Jean Pierre Kedi was at that time Director General of the electricity regulatary agency sector (ARSEL). Prior to the hearing of the above named witness, the counsel for the accused complained to the presiding judge of violation of the law and the presumption of guilt. It is for this reason that the rebels against the decision was prohibited from leaving the country, according to Le Messenger newspaper of Monday, October 10, 2016.
According to the lawyer of Celestin Ndonga, this decision was taken before he appeared for examination in front of the presiding magistrate. On March 18, 2016, Justine Tchokontchieu, Attorney General at TCS sent a letter to the head of the specialized bodies of the police officers of the TCS, asking him to take a precautionary measure for Celestin Ndonga.
Unfortunately,it was at the Nsimalen international airport , when he was leaving for Cameroon , that the former director discovered that his name is on the list of persons banned from leaving the country, reveals the daily
Source : Alafnet
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