Mebe Ngo’o case: Supreme Court postpones review of appeal against 30-year prison sentence

Cameroon’s Supreme Court removed Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o’s appeal from its October 21 docket to examine the case documents more closely, and no new hearing date was announced. The former minister is challenging his 30-year prison sentence, handed down by the Special Criminal Court in January 2023 over offenses including the alleged misappropriation of nearly 23 billion CFA francs in military equipment contracts. His wife, Bernadette Mebe Ngo’o, was sentenced to ten years in prison. His lawyers dispute the regularity of the proceedings; the Supreme Court will review whether the law was properly applied and may dismiss the appeal or overturn the decision.