A submission has been made by the Crown requesting the former CEO of Cameroon Oil Storage Company (SCDP) and his co-accused be convicted of embezzlement of more than 70 million CFA francs to the detriment of the company.

It took nearly an hour for the plaintiff to present his submissions yesterday at the Special Criminal Court (TCS) in the case between the Crown Jean-Baptiste Nguini Effa, Ako Adji Jean and Jean Atangana, in a matter of misappropriation of public funds.

It is alleged that the former SCDP director general had been issued ten cheques worth a total of 70,327,152 CFA francs for the payment of benefits to Ikram Logistics.

For the prosecution, the ten checks, established by the accounting chain of SCDP and approved by senior management, were fraudulently sent to business accounts that were not Ikram Logistics.

For its rental cars at SCDP tanks, cheques meant for Ikram logistics were, according to the prosecution, voluntarily deposited in the accounts of the Cot and Math-Co, accounts housed in different financial institutions in the country.

The Advocate General notes that one of the cheques originally for Ikram Logistic beneficiary was blacked out for the benefit of Math-Co.

The plaintiff rejected the defence argument that there was a verbal agreement between the attorney of Ikram Logistics, Souleymanou Maigari, and SCDP.

"You cannot pay bills to Ikram Cot based on what you have been taught orally to do," said the General Counsel.

The Crown asked the court that the accused be convicted of embezzlement in the exact amount of 70,327,152 CFA francs. The pleadings are expected on July 30.