In the DRC, the family of the opponent Chérubin Okende, found dead on July 13, 2023 in Kinshasa, is now awaiting answers from the Belgian justice system. The Congolese investigation concluded on February 29, 2024 that it was a suicide by the former minister.
The Okende family filed a criminal complaint in November against the head of military intelligence of the D Congo, Major General Christian Ndaywel, who has Belgian nationality. "It's amazing: one day of investigation to conclude that it. was an assassination by his own bodyguard, followed by 7 months of investigation. to conclude it was suicide? », ruled the lawyer in Belgium of the Okende's family.