{"id":9553,"date":"2018-04-01T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9553"},"modified":"2018-04-01T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:44:08","slug":"minister-for-water-energy-arrested-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/minister-for-water-energy-arrested-over-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon\u2019s Minister for water & energy arrested over corruption; spend Easter in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basile Atangana Kouna, Cameroon\u2019s former water and energy minister and other top government officials held over an anti-corruption crackdown have been shown in a video commemorating Easter in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Journalists tweeted screengrabs of Basile and others \u2013 Nguini Effa, Mendo Ze and Jena Willian Solo \u2013 all in suit taking part in mass on the eve of Easter at the Kondengui maximum security prison located in the capital, Yaounde.<\/p>\n

The three other detainees are a former Ministry of Public Works official, the head of a state company, and the ex-rector of the University of Douala.<\/p>\n

The religious service involved a church set up in the prison with a priest delivering a sermon. The former ministers a joined by other attendees sitting under a tent following proceedings.<\/p>\n

It is largely held that the four are being detained as part of an anti-corruption drive known as Operation Sparrowhawk. It remains to be known which particular case Basile is to be charged with.<\/p>\n

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Easter Eve at Kondengui maximum prison in Yaounde. VIP prisoners; Basile Atangana Kouna, Nguini effa,Mendo ze and Jean William solo taking part in the mass pic.twitter.com\/lDNztnA9S4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mimi Mefo Info (@MimiMefoInfo) March 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n