A worker at the Yaounde city Council is being judged for abuse of office and destruction of property.

A 35 year old man called N. Jean was judged Friday 8th October 2010 at the Court of First Instance Yaounde. He is accused for destroying a building called Co-operative 30, situated at the Madagascar neighbourhood. The building was still under construction and at the fourth floor. Reports of the state prosecutor show that the accused was the head of the unit which destroyed the building.

It was alleged that the accused did not follow the normal procedure. According to Barrister Atangana Ayissi, the lawyer of the accused, his client only followed the orders given to him by the Government Delegate. The decision to destroy Co-operative 30 had been signed even before the nomination of the new Government Delegate, Gilbert Tsimi Evouna. He went on the field on his own initiatives. In October 2006, the government Delegate went to Madagascar and saw a building which was still under construction. He discovered they had started constructing it without obtaining a building permit from the Council. He then instructed the head of the unit of destruction to demolish the building on October 25, 2010. On October 23, 2006, Co-operative 30 deposited a demand for a building permit but no reply was given to him. On October 26, 2010, Jean Nougou, with his men destroyed the building. According to reports from the state prosecutor, the accused did not follow the normal procedure; he was supposed to remind the government delegate about the steps to follow before destroying the building. It also stated that the accused could also refuse to execute the orders of the government delegate.

The defence holds that no procedure had to be followed because a section of the 2004 Law on Urbanisation states that no building should be constructed without a licence from the urban council, if not, the building can be destroyed. But the judge discovered the defence only presented some sections of the Law on Urbanisation. The judge also realised the case was different when some one had the papers of his land. She said she needed a complete copy of the Law on Urbanisation before she concluded the case. As a result, the case was re-scheduled for November 23rd 2010, room 5 of the court of first instance at 10 am.