Cameroon court cancels 800 land titles in Japoma
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actu Cameroun
Cameroon’s Supreme Court has cancelled the parent land title No. 34535/W and the hundreds of titles derived from it in Japoma-Bakoko. Ruling No. 079/P/FD/2025 overturns a 2020 administrative decision and permanently invalidates the land-title chain, according to the Wouri Land Registry notice.
The cancellation of parent land title No. 34535/W entails the cancellation of title No. 37711/W and hundreds of derived titles in Japoma-Bakoko, in Wouri department, Cameroon. The decision results from ruling No. 079/P/FD/2025 by the Administrative Chamber of Cameroon’s Supreme Court, which overturned the ruling of the Littoral Administrative Court issued in December 2020.
The Wouri “B” Land Registry, headed by Véronique Laure Ngo Bayiha, said that copies of the affected titles are “null and void” in the hands of their holders. The cancellation affects buyers, investors and individuals who obtained titles derived from the land concerned.
The original land title was established on 1 April 2005 in the name of the Japoma-Bakoko village community. The Supreme Court ruling thus brings to an end a procedure that had been ongoing for several years between the administration and this community, represented by Moundi Isaac and others.
The decision legally returns the affected land to the state domain or restores previously recognised rights. It comes in an area on the outskirts of Douala facing strong urban pressure, where hundreds of families and economic operators are affected.
