Special Criminal Court: Successes Ndjere Has To Build On

 Njere Emmanuel on February 2, 2018 officially took office as the new President of the Special Criminal Court in Yaounde.

Appointed by the decree of the President of the Republic, Paul Biya on June 7, 2017, Ndjere Emmanuel on February 2, 2018, officially entered into office as the new President of the Special Criminal Court that was set up on October 15, 2012.

He takes over from Yap Abdou who is now serving in a new capacity as the First Advocate General of the Supreme Court. Yap Abdou’s successes in the five years into office were lauded by all during the official entering into office ceremony at the ceremonial hall of the Yaounde Court of Appeal.

The Attorney General of the Special Criminal Court, Ngounou Justine Aimée in her submissions said all the structures of the court are in place and first decisions rendered, thereby kick starting the activities of the court. Ngounou Justine Aimee disclosed that in five years, the Special Criminal Court whose vocation is to judge cases of embezzlement of public funds with amounts starting from FCFA 50 million, received from the Prosecutor General 312 case files for the opening of preliminary investigations.

256 of the case files were returned to the Prosecutor General and 183 of the case files sent to the jurisdiction’s headquarters. She further disclosed that within the five years, 136 case files were enlisted during different hearings.

  Concerning the financial aspect of the successes of the court for the past five years, the Attorney General said more than FCFA 4.98 billion was reimbursed,  fines and fees amounted to FCFA 7 204 454 063  and damages and interests paid to the State stood at FCFA 97 327 123 221. It was an occasion for Ngounou

Justine Aimee to present the court to the in-coming President, a presentation that served as the springboard from which Ndjere Emmanuel has to bounce to greater successes.

The Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Laurent Esso, in a special communication during the event, reminded Ndjere Emmanuel Super Scale Judicial Officer, Second Gro...