The former minister of post and telecommunication, Mounchipou Seydou who was sacked and later jailed for embezzlement of public funds has died at the age of 69.
The former minister released from Kondegui prison in March 2014 died yesterday at his Foumban residence where he had regained his position as traditional ruler of a small village called Manka.
Details of the cause of his demise were still sketchy at press time. It should be recalled that the deceased was jailed for embezzling state funds amounting to some 300million FCFA when he served as Minister of Post and Telecommunication.
When he was released from prison after spending 15 years in it, he maintained he was innocent and still held firm his beliefs and support for the Biya regime, in spite of critics who had claimed he was a scapegoat in a shady-deal-gone-wrong.
During his “second homecoming” on March 1, 2014, he was welcomed in his Noun division of origin by cultural dance groups, teachers and citizens of all walks of life who came from all the nooks and crannies of the division.
After the heroic welcome, he said “after being out of touch for 15 years and after going on retirement, I preferred to return to the village and live close to my people. I will be more useful to them here than in my Obili residence in Yaounde. I dedicate my time to returning order in my family. In my absence, many children dropped out of school. It is my duty to mobilize the whole community as regards local development. I read so many newspapers and listened to the radio while in prison. We are going to use our relations with the administration to boost development in this village.”
Mouonchipou was last seen in public during the celebration of the feast of the ram in 2015.
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