Forbidden to leave the Cameroonian territory since January 31, 2019, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o, former Minister of Defense, was finally placed in custody for suspicion of malpractices in military equipment purchases.
Who would have believed it ? The ex-powerful Minister of Defense of Paul Biya was arrested and detained. The Golden Boy Alain Mebe Ngo’o is suspected of embezzling billions of CFA francs in purchases of military equipment. The search of his luxurious residence in Yaoundé has not yet revealed all its secrets. However, according to several concordant sources, the gendarmerie’s search brigade discovered a real treasure.
Alain Mebe Ngo’o joins in prison other barons of the regime accused like him of financial malpractice and economic crime like the former prime minister Ephreim Inoni, or Attangana Mebara …
For sure, Operation Sparrowhawk 2 has just recorded its first big fish. Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o spent the night from 05 to 06 March at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Special Criminal Court (Tcs) in Yaoundé along with three of his former collaborators. They are Maxime Mbangue, Treasury inspector in charge at the Ministry of Finance, Ghislain Victor Mboutou Elle, senior army officer and Emmanuel Victor Menye, former Deputy Director General of the Cameroon Commercial Banks Corporation.
