forms of assault). A total 30 of them were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay fine as shown in the table below (APPENDIX 2). 31- With regard to the Penitentiary Administration, disciplinary sanctions were meted on 200 staff from 2013 to 30 September 2018, that is 1 letter of reprimand, 20 written warnings, 5 dismissals, 12 delays in advancement, 3 downgrading in scale, 116 reprimands, 06 suspensions from office, 29 temporary exclusions and 10 dismissals for acts of inhuman treatment of detainees, violations of instructions, non-respect of hierarchy, drug trafficking and negligence resulted in breakouts. 32- The following criminal sanctions were imposed on the respective offenders: - - The People and Arroga Betsem Pierre and others vs Owona Owona Jean Calvin and Banmi Clovis: by Judgment No. 3045/COR of 1 December 2014, the accused persons were each sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and a fine of CFAF100,000 by the Court of First Instance of Yaounde, Centre Administratif; The People and Taiga Martin vs Dekmo Djonra and others: by Judgment No. 141/CRIM of 20 August 2014, the accused persons were each sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. 33- The following matters are pending before the competent military courts. The said matters are being heard and some of the accused were not remanded in custody. They appear before the court to answer the charges filed against them. 34- With regard to the case of Ibrahim Bello, he was arrested and then held in custody on 5 February 2017 in the town of Ombessa in the Centre Region for attempted theft, preliminary investigations against suspected police officers established, at the professional level, the negligence of the Chief of the Post who decided to remand Ibrahim Bello into custody in spite of traces of violence on his hands and legs, inflicted by the population of Ombessa. At the administrative level, an Assistant Superintendent of Police and a Police Inspector were suspended from their duties and subsequent disciplinary proceedings instituted against them for lack of tact that undermined the image of the police and assaulting a suspect in custody. At the level of the judiciary, a preliminary inquiry was opened against the Assistant Superintendent of Police and the Police Inspector suspected of assaulting the victim, and the Inspector of Police was later remanded into custody on 16 May 2017. The preliminary inquiry was closed on 18 September 2018 by a committal order before the High Court of Mbam and Inoubou for the accused persons to stand trial on charges of torture and grievous harm. This case was pending in court. 35- Concerning the allegations of summary execution in Mozogo, after the killing of 2 women and their children on the grounds that they were giving information on military positions and activities to members of Boko Haram, investigations were opened at the Central Service for Judicial Research on the instructions of the Minister in charge of Defence. The alleged authors are in custody. 36- Concerning the violent arrest of the so-called “General”, 5 Gendarmerie officers were prosecuted before the Buea Military Tribunal for violation of instructions and torture. By Judgment No.006/19 of 22 January 2019, they were found guilty of violation of instructions and torture, and sentenced to an imprisonment term of 3 years suspended for 3 years. 37- As regards the case of the taxi driver Charles Mvondo Ngah who died following an incident at the Gendarmerie Brigade Ngousso on 19 March 2018, the Commander of the said Brigade was dismissed from office. One Nkeng Cyrille Gerard is prosecuted before the Yaounde Military Tribunal for unintentional killing and breach of rules. The matter that was enlisted for 12 September 2018 has been adjourned many times for more information. It was further adjourned to 12 December 2018 for judgment. 10