Affairs Marafa:Tchiroma sets the records straight

The Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary granted a press conference in Yaounde recently.

It was organised to give details on the case opposing the Government of Cameroon and Marafa Hamidou Yaya.

During the press conference, the communication boss dwelled extensively on the Marafa Hamidou Yaya, Government of Cameroon case and the report of the UN working group on arbitrary detention.

The Minister discredited the report asking for the immidiate release of Marafa Hamidou Yaya saying he is not a political criminal as per the report but an ordinary prisoner.

He noted that Marafa Hamidou Yaya was prosecuted and convicted by the government of Cameroon to a prison term of 20 yrs for charges of embezzlement of state funds.

Marafa's letter to the United Nations working group on arbitrary detention and the opinion of the group is not grounded as the UN working group is not conventional, the Minister indicated.