LIBREVILLE: Gabon’s former first lady and her son were sentenced in absentia by a special criminal court to 20 years in prison following a two-day trial in Libreville.
Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo Valentin were convicted of concealment and embezzlement of public funds, money laundering, criminal association and forgery.
The court sentenced the duo late Tuesday, according to a judgment, and also issued an arrest warrant for them. They were ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages for “crimes against the Gabonese state.”
Wife and son of former President of Gabon, Ali Bongo, sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia.
Reports state that Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and Noureddin Valentin Bongo were tried before a special criminal court and found guilty of embezzlement of public funds.
