A Gabon court has handed down a sentence to the former director of the Gabon Oil Company following an investigation on corruption charges involving him and two other former employees of the state oil firm.
On Thursday, the Special Criminal Court in the capital, Libreville, found Christian Patrichi Tanasa and his deputy Jérémie Ayong guilty of embezzlement and money laundering, sentencing them to 12 and 10 years respectively. Treasurer Carelle Ndemengane was acquitted by the jury, French radio station RFI has reported.
