Yap Abdou

Yap Abdou was a Cameroonian judge who has served as the Presiding Judge of the Chamber of Accounts of the Supreme Court of Cameroon since 2020.

Biography

Abdou was born in Foumban, Noun Department, West Region, Cameroon on November 15, 1956.
He graduated from the National School of Administration and Magistracy in 1985. Abdou began his career as a deputy public prosecutor at the court in Lekié. Afterwards, he held positions as president of the courts in Dja-et-Lobo and Sangmélima, the first prosecutor in Mfou, and President of the High Court of Yaoundé.
In 2012, Abdou was appointed president of the Special Criminal Court and in 2017 first advocate general at the Attorney General's office. In 2016, Abdou conspired with Minister of Justice Laurent Esso to forge evidence that convicted former Cameroonian investor Yves Michel Fotso. In 2019, he signed the search warrant that led to Maurice Kamto's arrest. On August 11, 2020, he was appointed president of the Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court, one of three chambers of Cameroon's supreme court.
In April 2025, Abdou was appointed the 1st vice-president of the Association of Supreme Audit Institutions in Francophone Countries. Abdou passed away on October 2, 2025 from a cardiac arrest in Douala.