‘’My husband is dying, please get Biya to free him’’
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong in Yaounde
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| Former Minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya |
The spouse of the former minister of territorial
administration and decentralisation, Jeannette Marafa, has cried out aloud to
some foreign heads of state; including Presidents Barack Obama of America and
Francoise Hollande of France to help secure the release of her husband whom she
says is at the point of death. Her husband, she says and insists, is a
‘’political prisoner’’.
Jeannette Marafa made the plea last Friday over the
airwaves of Radio France International, Rfi. During the interview, the
ex-minister’s wife called on world leaders to come and rescue her husband who
is presently reported to be in a poor state of health. While begging on people of good will to come
to Marafa’s aide, she particular implored Presidents Obama of the USA and
Hollande of France to mount pressure on the Yaounde authorities to free her
husband.
Hear her: “I am pleading with Mr. Biya to help me
secure the release of Marafa from prison. He has the powers to do so. He knows
this case is purely political. Marafa is innocent and the president knows it.”
Marafa’s wife equally revealed that her husband was
admitted at the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital on July 1, 2014. Marafa,
Jeannette divulged, has become pale and visibly-tired.
Former minister Marafa Hamido Yaya was arrested in
2012, judged and sentenced to 25years in prison for siphoning state funds.
However, he has kept on claiming his innocence, stating that the charges
against him were politically- motivated. In the mean time, Marafa’s wife
continues to mobilise public support and demonstrations abroad to gain his
release.
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