HIBAPRESS – Follow-up
The Court of Appeal in Libreville issued a verdict today, Wednesday, in absentia sentencing Sylvia Bongo, the wife of the deposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo, and their son, Noureddin Bongo, to twenty years in prison, suspended, on the grounds of serious financial cases related to the embezzlement of public funds.
Jean-Michel Mbassou, President of the Specialized Criminal Court, announced that Sylvia Bongo was convicted of charges related to receiving and embezzling public funds, money laundering, and incitement to forgery, while Noureddin Bongo was charged with embezzlement of public funds, bribery, money laundering, and belonging to a criminal gang. It is worth mentioning that the two left the country after the coup of August 30, 2023, which overthrew Ali Bongo, and the latter spent a temporary detention period of twenty months before they were allowed to leave Gabon.
