Goupa Nadege was in possession of one war weapon (type PMK) that she conveyed to Ouesso and gave to her brother Christophe who handed it to Selembe Remy for hunting. For the purpose of the hunting, Selembe contacted Obendza Donald, one ranger who provided him several materials including thirty ammunitions. The result of the hunting by Selembe was six ivory tusks. Selembe then went to Ngombe to meet Ibrahim Nzangou to sell the ivory. Later on, Obendza Donald curiously seized the weapon because he didn’t agree with the transaction concluded between Selembe and Nzangou and gave it back to Nadege Goupa who gave it this time directly to Selembe for another hunting expedition that led to four ivory tusks of which two were given to Romuald for sale to Ibrahim Nzangou and the other two were supposed to be given to Nadege Goupa when the Police caught them.
Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Ouesso
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2018
Abstract
Language of document
French
Reference number
No. 100/2018
Charges
Hunting with a war weapon, killing of elephants, complicity of hunting with a war weapon, complicity of killing of elephants, illicit trade in ivory tusks, illicit possession of a war weapon.
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
Selembe Wilfrid Remy was found guilty of hunting with a war weapon and killing of elephants; Obendza Donald was found guilty of complicity of hunting with a war weapon and killing of elephants; Goupa Nadege was found guilty of illicit possession of a war weapon; Nsangou Ibrahim was found guilty of illicit trade in ivory tusks; Mvozolo Ravel was found not guilty of complicity of hunting with a war weapon and killing of elephants.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Selembe Wilfrid and Obendza Donald were sentenced to five years imprisonment and XAF 500,000 (five hundred thousand) as fines each; Goupa Nadege was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended and XAF 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand) as fines; Nsangou Ibrahim was sentenced to 24 (twenty four) months imprisonment suspended and XAF 500,000 (five hundred thousand) as fines; All accused were condemned to pay XAF 3,000,000 (three million) as damages jointly and to pay court fees. The Imprisonment in default of payment was fixed to eight months for the recovery of fines, one month for the recovery of court fees and three months for the recovery of damages.
Legislation cited
Law No 37-2008 of 28 November 2008 on wildlife and protected areas
Ordonnance N°62/24 du 16 Octobre 1962 fixant le régime des matériels de guerre, des armes et munitions