The trial continued at the
Yaounde Military Tribunal on Friday, April 15, 2016, of three journalists
accused of failing to inform the authorities of threats to State security. Also
charged alongside the journalists are a Notary Public and political leader.
Presiding at the sitting was the President of the Yaounde Military Tribunal,
Col. Mrs. Abega Mbezoa, with Ndzie Pierrot Narcisse and Nkoa Akouna as Military
Prosecutors.
The brief court sitting saw the
adjournment of the matter to May 18, 2016, for prosecution witnesses to appear
in court. Ndeutchoua Tongue Rodrique, formerly of 'Le Messager' newspaper and
now with Canal 2 International Television, Ebole Bola Félix Cyriaque of
'Mutations' daily newspaper and Dr Baba Wame, a lecturer with the Advanced
School of Mass Communication, ASMAC, Yaounde, are accused of
"non-denunciation" or concealing information dangerous to State
security.
Together with Abdoulaye Harissou,
a Maroua-based Notary Public and Aboubakary Sidikki, a political leader and
businessman based in Douala, all five are accused of having foreknowledge of
armed attacks on the East Region by a group of Chadian, Central African
Republic and Sudanese rebels. Harissou and Sidikki are accused of
assassination, illegal possession and use of a firearm, possession of
ammunitions, hostility against the State, revolution and outrage against the
Head of State.