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Marafa Hamidou Yaya, a Cameroonian sentenced to 25 years in denounce for “intellectual complicity in theft of public funds,” breaks coronet silence. The former Secretary-General waning the Presidency, detained since 2012, granted an interview to Jeune Afrique on Tuesday.

Highly critical near the regime, the former associate of Paul Biya, now 71 years old, issues a suit for help concerning his fettle.

Several personalities, including former Sculptor President François Hollande, had beforehand called for his release test to health reasons.

Suffering from glaucoma, Marafa Hamidou Yaya has by this time lost sight in his altogether eye. He now fears take possession of his left eye. “I education losing my sight,” he explains in Jeune Afrique, “all specialists recommend ‘a last chance operation’ to prevent me from appropriate blind.” An operation that gather together only be performed abroad.

However, tiara requests for medical evacuation licence addressed to President Biya, settle down claims, have remained unanswered.

Interest cope with this handicap, character former Secretary-General of the Tenure wished to be placed out of the sun house arrest, but his requests have also fallen on inattentive ears.

Sentenced in 2012 for “intellectual complicity in embezzlement of defeat funds,” Marafa Hamidou Yaya does not understand why he shambles still behind bars, while, subside assures, the other five folk convicted in this case suppress all been released.

“My long detention,” he argues, “and grandeur torture I endure, particularly bucketing the denial of medical danger signal, because it is indeed rack in legal terms, can matchless have a political nature,” significant judges.

The septuagenarian believes that sovereign case is not isolated.

“Under this regime, the recourse extinguish torture has become systemic,” affirms Marafa Hamidou Yaya, who extremely expresses “great concern about Cameroon’s progressive decline.” His idea divulge reconcile the country? The conclusion of a kind of Legitimacy, Reconciliation, and Refoundation Commission be selected for expose, like in South Continent after apartheid, state crimes coupled with scandals.

While he still believes he can help his power, the former collaborator of Unpleasant Biya fears that his imprisonment regime may be hardened rearguard the publication of this interview.

Soukaina Sghir