Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo aka Lapiro de Mbanga, who was recently sentenced to a three-year jail term was Wednesday, October 29, transferred from the Nkongsamba Production Prison to New Bell Prison Douala.

The Douala prison would easily aid the convict to be carried to the Littoral Court of Appeal, in his matter that would soon commence in court.The ace musician, who has been in prison since September 24, was sentenced to three-year jail term for inciting the February 2008 strike in Mbanga.

Justice Michel Ntyame Ntyame, leading the panel of judges at the Moungo High Court in Nkongsamba, equally slammed a fine of FCFA 280 million on Lapiro.He ordered him to pay the money to Societe Plantation de Bananeraie, SPM, Les Brasseries du Cameroun and the Mbanga Taxation Department, which he reportedly participated in destroying.

But Lapiro's lawyers, headed by Barrister Augustine Mbami immediately appealed the case ten days later saying the judgment is a mockery to the Cameroon judiciary.The lawyers said their client never participated in the destruction of Mbanga during the strike.

He told the court that his client is innocent on the charges levied against him, considering the testimonies of witnesses.He told the judges to free themselves and remained independent from political authorities that want to destroy Lapiro.

Barrister Rene Manfo, one of the lawyers reminded the judges that SPM Mbanga was in the process of hiring Lapiro to calm the striking boys. He held that the convict earned the name Lapiro de Mbanga because of his love of the town.

Speaking to The Post on phone, Barrister Manfo said they would fight to the last drop of their blood to prove Lapiro innocent and free him from prison.