Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Oyem
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2018
Abstract
On November 07, 2016 at 3:00pm, Amadi Adamou was found in possession of two ivory tusks cut into six pieces following an information provided to the brigade of Mitzic by MOUKAGNI MOUSSAVOU and Mrs OYE N’NANG both agents of Conservation Justice. Concerning the origin of the tusks, Amadi declared that he has acquired them from Djibril Abdoulaye who contacted a hunter named Tata. During the investigation, Diala Ousseni was found living in Gabon without a resident permit same as Djibril Abdoulaye who are respectively from Chad and Niger.
Language of document
French
Charges
Possession, trade in and transport of products of fully protected species.
Species
Money value
XAF 50,000 (fifty thousand/kg)
Transnational
No
Decision
Ekazama Jean François was found not guilty of circulation and trade in trophies from fully protected species and guilty of illicit possession.
Appealed
No
Penalty
The accused was sentenced to 03 months imprisonment ; The accused was sentence to a fine of XAF 25,000 (twenty-five thousand); The accused was sentenced to pay the sum of XAF 1,000,000 (one million) as civil damages and to pay the costs; The court ordered the confiscation of sealed products to the benefit of the provincial department of water and forests.
Legislation cited
Decree No 163/PR/MEF setting the conditions for the possession, transport and trade in wild animal species, trophies and hunting products
Forest Code