Cameroon’s former water and energy minister was arrested in Nigeria and flown home on Thursday, a police source and local media said, amid a crackdown on high-level corruption, Police source.
Basile Kouna was removed from his ministerial position during President Paul Biya’s March 2 cabinet reshuffle.
In February, he was ordered not to leave the country.
“Atangana Kouna is in Cameroon. He was arrested in Nigeria and sent back to Cameroon.
“He arrived this evening,” one police source, who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to
the press, told Reuters.
Vision 4, a private television channel considered allied to Biya, reported that the former minister arrived at
the international airport in the capital Yaounde at 6:20 pm (1720 GMT) escorted by police officers.
Another channel, Canal 2 International, also reported his arrest in Nigeria and…
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