Prominent Cameroonian technology entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong has said a state debt-recovery agency of politically motivated harassment after officials allegedly entered the offices of one of her companies and removed computers, furniture and other property over a disputed bank debt.
In a latest video published on X formerly Twitter, Enonchong said officials of the Société de Recouvrement des Créances du Cameroun, SRC, arrived at the business premises accompanied by police officers, gendarmes and workers brought to carry away the property.
She said they removed computers, television sets, tables, chairs, a refrigerator, a coffee machine and other office equipment. Even sugar used for making coffee was taken, she said.
Enonchong claimed that some property was damaged during the operation and that no document proving the alleged debt or authorising the action was presented to those at the premises.
“They came and took everything,” she said.
The technology entrepreneur estimates that property worth approximately 50 million CFA francs was removed to recover an alleged debt of 7.5 million CFA francs.
She has denied owing the money and says the company named in documents presented by the SRC is unknown to her.
Disputed 7.5 million CFA franc debt
Enonchong said the dispute began in December 2025, shortly after she participated in a press conference on Cameroon’s post-election crisis.
She had been invited to discuss the economic effects of the political situation and spoke about the difficulties faced by businesspeople who are not aligned with the country’s governing establishment.
During her intervention, she argued that entrepreneurs considered politically unfriendly were often targeted through state institutions rather than confronted openly over their political positions.
Enonchong said that the day after the press conference, she received a message on her American WhatsApp number from the SRC demanding payment of approximately 7.5 million CFA francs.
The agency allegedly claimed that the money arose from a debt owed to Union Bank of Cameroon, UBC, by a company for which Enonchong had supposedly acted as manager.
But Enonchong says she does not recognise the company mentioned in the recovery notice and has no legal or commercial relationship with it.
“I do not know that company,” she said. “I do not know where they got it from or why they attached my name to it.”
She also maintained that she has never personally obtained a bank loan in Cameroon or signed an agreement guaranteeing the debt of any company.
The businesses legitimately associated with her have also never taken such a loan from a Cameroonian bank, she said.
Two separate payment orders
The dispute escalated in March when Enonchong says two payment orders were issued—one against the company she does not recognise and another apparently targeting her personally.
Each order allegedly demanded 7.5 million CFA francs.
Enonchong said the documents left her uncertain whether the SRC was claiming a total debt of 15 million CFA francs or attempting to recover the same 7.5 million CFA francs separately from her and the company.
She questioned why she was being personally pursued for a supposed corporate debt when a registered company has a legal identity separate from its shareholders and managers.
Enonchong insisted that she had never signed a personal guarantee accepting responsibility for any such loan.
“Why target Rebecca directly?” she asked. “If a company has a debt, the company has a legal personality distinct from me.”
Court case filed in Douala
Rather than negotiate payment, Enonchong took the matter to court.
She said she filed a case against the SRC on March 23, 2026, before the Douala-Bonanjo Court of First Instance.
The action seeks the cancellation of the payment orders and the suspension of recovery proceedings.
Through the case, Enonchong asked the SRC to produce documents establishing the existence of the debt, the identity of the actual borrower and the legal basis upon which she was being held personally responsible.
She says that nearly four months after the matter reached court, the agency has not produced a loan agreement, personal guarantee or other document proving that she or one of her companies owes the money.
According to her, the SRC has instead challenged the jurisdiction of the court hearing the case.
Enonchong expressed outrage that the agency allegedly proceeded to seize company property while the dispute was still before the court.
She accused the institution of behaving as though its position as a state agency placed it beyond judicial scrutiny.
“Are you saying that because you are the state, you have the power of life and death over economic operators?” she asked.
Is Rebecca Paying the Price of her Political Views?
Enonchong believes the recovery action is connected to her public criticism of Cameroon’s political system.
She said the timing of the first demand—one day after her contribution to the December press conference—immediately raised suspicions that the action was aimed at intimidating her. She has consistently condemned the government over election rigging and bad governance and lack of accountability.
The tech entrepreneur described the alleged debt as a pretext being used to embarrass her, damage her businesses and discourage her from speaking publicly.
She, however, said the seizure would not silence her.
Furniture, computers and other office property can be replaced, Enonchong said, but the incident could further damage Cameroon’s reputation among investors and international business leaders.
“You may be trying to humiliate Rebecca Enonchong, but you are humiliating an entire country,” she told the SRC.
“What you took—the tables, chairs and computers—can be replaced. But how do you replace Cameroon’s reputation?”
Questions Remain Unanswered
Enonchong acknowledged the possibility that one of her previous business structures may have held an account with UBC around 20 years ago.
However, she insisted that the account was closed without any outstanding loan or unpaid debt.
She called on the SRC to release the documents supporting its claim, saying she was prepared to examine any genuine evidence showing that she or a company legally connected to her owed the money.
At the time of publication, MMI News had not independently examined the full debt-recovery file, the alleged loan documents or the court record beyond the material displayed and described by Enonchong.
No public response from the SRC to her accusations was immediately available.