The Ouaga 1 High Court delivered its verdict on Monday, May 26, 2025 in the case involving Judge Sidaty Yoda, president of the Banfora High Court.

Judge Yoda and his two co-defendants were being sued for stellionate and money laundering. After several tense hearings, all were found guilty. The magistrate was sentenced to 18 months in prison and will also have to pay a colossal fine of 291 million 600 thousand CFA francs. This sum reflects the seriousness of the alleged acts. This verdict is unprecedented, as it affects a senior official in the judicial system himself. This scandal, which is now public, raises numerous questions about integrity within the judicial system.

His co-defendants are respectively sentenced to 24 months in prison, including 6 months in prison, with a firm fine of 3 million CFA francs and 24 months suspended prison sentence and the same amount of fine, also suspended.