Cameroon: elements of the investigation into the assassination of Martinez Zogo would point to Amougou Belinga
Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was found dead on January 22, 2023. © REUTERS/Amindeh Blaise Atabong
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After a new search of Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga's building, the second since the start of the week, Reporters Without Borders confirms that elements of the investigation into the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo have overwhelmed the businessman.
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Thursday's search of
the
nine-storey Ekang building in the Briquetterie district of Yaoundé lasted four hours, two of which were spent in the basement.
And the investigators left with the recordings of the surveillance cameras.
As a reminder, in this case, the presidency of Cameroon announced
arrests on February 2
, but since then, no official clarification has come to complete this declaration.
We know that several executives and members of counterintelligence (DGRE) are among the individuals arrested.
Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, several of his relatives and collaborators have
been arrested since the beginning of the week
.
Justin Danwe's story corroborated, according to RSF
RSF affirms that according to several sources familiar with the case, the investigators have in their hands elements – telephone records for example – which corroborate the account attributed to Justin Danwe.
This director of special operations of the intelligence services would have confessed to having taken part in the kidnapping and the tortures inflicted on Martinez Zogo, on January 17th.
⚡️RSF's new revelations on the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo in Cameroon🇨🇲: the involvement of businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga is becoming clearer & the net is closing on minister Laurent Esso, one of the pillars of the Cameroonian government.
https://t.co/V0MSrXoQ2i pic.twitter.com/an6tOZKsdt
— RSF (@RSF_inter) February 9, 2023
A story that would present Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga as the instigator who wanted revenge on the radio host who, in his daily traffic jams, very listened to in Yaoundé, had revealed documents implicating the businessman and several high personalities for acts of corruption.
Me Charles Tchoungang, lawyer for Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, speaks of a “
media cabal
”, of a “one
-way campaign
” and affirms that his client perceives what is happening to him as a “
machine running against him
”.
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