Minister causes bomb scare at Douala airport

The Minister in Charge of Housing and Urban Development,Jean Claude Mbwentchou caused a bomb scare on Wednesday, June 4 at the Douala International Airport a police source told koaci.com.

According to source, twenty minutes after takeoff from Douala International Airport, the Dash 8 ASKY Company, which was to provide the flight from Douala to Lome, Togo, was ordered to return and land on the old track, which serves as an air base and technical direction for Camair-Co.

Indeed, the luggage on board were not passed through the scanner. The Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority, instructed the pilot to return the plane that had just taken off. All bags were seriously scanned according to the routine procedure. And the aircraft was finally off again to Lome at 13:30.

The authority in charge of security at the Douala International Airport urged the aircraft to resume its journey, having reassured passengers that all luggage had been passed to the scanner.

A leading figure, whose identity was not revealed at first, was the origin of the bomb from the plane Asky. investigation has revealed that it is the Minister in charge of Housing and Urban Development, Jean Claude Mbwentchou.

According to the source, the security officers on duty have detected gray areas at the Minister luggage.

The latter refused to open his suitcase. He then asked his bodyguard to take the bag, and follow.

A member of the government threatened to pass police officers who wanted to control it, promising them the worst. They have informed their superiors, which sparked the outbreak procedures return flight.

In fact, the CT scan revealed that the Minister’s bag had huge sums of money and shells.