Mali: a former Ivorian deputy, close to Guillaume Soro, arrested in Bamako

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Relatives of the former Ivorian elected Sess Soukou Mohamed, known as "Ben Souk", had affirmed that the latter had been arrested on August 10 by armed men not clearly identified in the Malian capital where he has resided for a while.

But shortly after, a statement from the public prosecutor of the tribunal de grande instance of Commune 4 of Bamako clarified things: it is not a question of an abduction, but of an arrest after an arrest warrant issued. by the Malian judicial authorities.

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Serge Daniel

For several days, in Bamako, the security forces have been following more closely the actions of Sess Soukou Mohamed, known as “Ben Souk”.

Former elected, Ivorian by nationality, he is a member of a political movement led by the former

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro

(Generations and peoples in solidarity, GPS).

A source in Bamako assures that his political beliefs have nothing to do with his arrest, and that it is the results of a judicial investigation between Mali and Côte d'Ivoire.

"Subversive acts"

According to a document consulted by RFI, it was the Ivorian judge of the 9th cabinet of the Abidjan-Plateau court of first instance who issued an arrest warrant, finally executed, against “Ben Souk” for “subversive acts”.

If the Malian prosecutor Idrissa Hamidou Touré, who ordered the arrest, speaks in a press release of "

sound application of the law

", the same Malian prosecutor, known for his temerity, not long ago requested

extradition from Côte d'Ivoire to Mali

by Karim Keïta, son of the former president of Mali, IBK, as part of the investigation into the

disappearance of a Malian journalist

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