CONAC denounces fraudsters, wants them prosecuted

Members of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, CONAC, have dissociated themselves from the three conmen who were recently arrested by the police for duping some Fako Chiefs.

The three hoaxers, who claimed to be agents of CONAC, fell into police dragnet in Buea for attempting to dupe the Chief of Bodouma, Chief Francis Ngomba.

Talking to The Post over the weekend, one of the members of the National Anti-Corruption watchdog distanced CONAC from the impostors and said “there is no relationship between CONAC and those fraudsters.

CONAC agents cannot condescend so low as to commit such heinous acts which they have been given a mandate to fight against. CONAC agents are determined to fight and reduce corruption in Cameroon to it barest minimum.

They are people of unquestionable moral rectitude. People like those fraudsters are those who want to give this Commission a bad name before the public, but they have been exposed. Our greatest wish is for the law of the land to take its course on the impostors,” he asserted.

Before their arrest, the trio stormed the Chief’s palace and presented themselves as CONAC officials. The fake CONAC agents interrogated the Chief on the management of community money and land and told him that the population of Bonduma had written a letter to CONAC against him.

“I asked for the letter, but they did not present any. The only thing they told me was that they have to take me to Yaoundé,” he said.

Because of the enormous pressure exerted on him, the Chief decided to report the matter to law enforcement officers, who, in turn, called CONAC to find out if the Commission actually signed a mission order bearing the names of Epale and Oloumo. But the anti-corruption watchdog said Epale and Oloumo are not workers of the Commission.

Epale, who is a retired Gendarme officer, lives in Limbe and the other two live in Douala, but the letter was written in Yaounde and the stamp on it was from Bafang.

Before approaching Chief Ngomba, the three suspects had reportedly duped the Chief of Ngueme under the same pretext, by fleecing him of FCFA 3 million.