Close to 60 million Fcfa Recovered as CONAC Crackdown on Illicit Sale of Kerosene in Filling Stations
The State of Cameroon has regained 59,951,400 FCFA, following a CONAC led operation to blitz service station attendants and companies involved in the illicit sale of subsidised kerosene at filling Stations.
The Chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC) , Rev. Dr. Dieudonné MASSI GAMS, disclosed in a Press Conference in Yaounde, on Wednesday September 10, 2025, that the operation jointly carried out, in the capital city, Yaounde, and its environs, by CONAC, the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy, the Police and the National Gendarmerie, on the 5th and 6th of September, 2025, led to the arrest of some seven suspects who are currently facing charges, of corruption and embezzlement of public funds, after they were caught red handed selling huge quantities of kerosene, and diesel at filling stations, to companies, contrary to the regulation enforce. Seven filling stations were sealed during the operation.
The onslaught followed denunciations sent to CONAC on the illegal sale of kerosene to companies at filling stations despite State measures. The heavily Government subsidised product is supposed to be sold for domestic use only at filling Stations and for 350 Fcfa per litre. Meanwhile companies needing the product must buy from sales points of the Cameroon Petroleum Depots Company at 560.19Fcfa per litre.