Counsel to the former Director of Taxes yesterday, December 3, 2015, told the Criminal Court in Yaounde that he was not well.

The former Director of Taxes and ex-Minister of Finance and the Economy, Polycarpe Abah Abah, yesterday, December 3, 2015, failed to turn up at the Yaounde-based Special Criminal Court, SCC. Explaining the reason for Abah Abah’s absence, his Counsel, Barrister Antoine Marcel Mong, said he was not well, tendering the medical certificate as evidence.

He therefore requested for a 45-day absence for his client as recommended by the doctor, without disclosing to the court what Polycarpe Abah Abah was suffering from. Ruling on the matter, the President of the team of three judges, Mr Justice Nyoh Matthias, adjourned the matter to December 28, 215, to first see if Abah Abah’s health would improve before considering any extension.

The former Director of Taxes is accused by Batock Dikanda Daniel and a former journalist, now parliamentarian, William Mandio and the State of Cameroon, of fraudulently obtaining landed property belonging to a cooperative and the State of Cameroon worth FCFA 1.8 billion. The crime was allegedly committed between 1998 and 2005 when Polycarpe Abah Abah was Director of Taxes.