The seven (07) co-accused within the Sogara trial on the Particular Legal Courtroom of Libreville on Might 30 in Libreville © D.R
As was to be anticipated, the trial of the Gabonese Refining Firm (SOGARA), which positioned seven (07) senior state officers within the dock for alleged embezzlement of seven billion FCFA, left individuals gnashing their tooth . Notably the acquittal of Gérard Fanou who was cited by his co-defendants as the one that gave orders to Noël Mboumba, former Common Director of the refinery firm, to accuse Brice Laccruche Alihanga of uncommitted acts.
The Libreville Specialised Legal Courtroom chaired by Juste Ogandaga Ambourouet, who carried out this trial from Might 30 to June 2, 2024, discovered Noël Mboumba responsible of cash laundering, with mitigating circumstances and suspended sentence. He was due to this fact sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment together with 2 months and 27 days, a sentence he had already served since March 2020. The judgment additionally ordered the seizure and confiscation of his residence and a villa in addition to of a number of autos for the good thing regarding the State.
Nevertheless, Mr. Fanou, formally recognized in response to the statements on the bar of the accused Billy Bendo Edo and Noël Mboumba because the one who gave them orders to accuse the previous omnipotent Chief of Workers of Ali Bongo, was acquitted. The person is claimed to have been the accountant for greater than 20 years for the Bongo household (Ali, Sylvia and Noureddin).
A verdict that provokes gnashing of tooth. Some authorized specialists imagine that the accused Fanou might have been sanctioned for “crimes of instigation of the breach of belief held towards Noël Mboumba and likewise for concealment of the proceeds of the breach of belief or embezzlement 7 billion dedicated to the detriment of the Sogara”.
The Particular Legal Courtroom, nevertheless, ordered the acquittal of Brice Laccruche Alihanga, Christian Patrichi Tanasa Mbadinga, Billy Bendo Edo, Noël Mboumba, Jérémie Ayong Nkodjie Obame, Gérard Fanou and Serge François Bruno Gassita.
Camille Boussoughou
2024-06-03 16:05:34
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