Kekem: Police arrest man allegedly conspiring to kill brother
Elements of the Kekem Public Security Police Station in the Upper Nkam division of the West region have apprehended a 51-year-old man named Younga Lot for allegedly planning the death of his step brother named Djeuma Jean.
According to police investigations, the accused has been planning this criminal act since June 2022.
“Indeed Mr. Younga Lot had contacted a certain Mr. Tchakounté Martin, a shoe vendor in kekem to put an end to the life of his blood-related brother Djeuma Jean for a sum of F CFA500.000 as soon as the pay is ready” Police Commissioner Peughuma Njoya Ibrahim explains.
At the end of August, Younga Lot rang Tchakounté informing him that the proposed F CFA500.000 had been raised and that he had a maximum of 24 hours to eliminate his brother. A conversation which was recorded by Tchakounté. He later approached the Kekem Public Security Police Station with the evidence which then led to the arrest.
Interrogated by Kekem police commissioner Peughuma Njoya Ibrahim, Younga Lot confessed to the crime and was supposed to appear before the state prosecutor this September 12.
Djeuma Djeuma has urged the judicial authorities in Bafang to do their job well because he and the shoe vendor are in danger especially as his brother promised he will not be in jail for long.
The commissioner of the Kekem Public Security Police Station has urged the population to cooperate with the security forces in order to put an end to such criminal acts in the locality.
