Yap Abdou

Yap Abdou (November 15, 1956 – October 2025) was a Cameroonian judge who served as the Presiding Judge of the Chamber of Accounts of the Supreme Court of Cameroon from 2020 until his death.

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 (ENAM) 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 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.

Abdou was found dead in his home on October 2, 2025, having suffered a heart attack.