Chebeya-Bazana case in the DRC: Jacques Mugabo recognizes his participation in the crime

Human rights defender Floribert Chebeya, whose lifeless body was found in a car in Kinshasa, DRC in 2010. Reuters

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In the case of the assassination of human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana, in June 2010 in Kinshasa, Colonel Christian Kenga Kenga, imprisoned for more than a year, refused to appear despite the summons of the courtyard.

But Lieutenant Jacques Mugabo, he confessed Wednesday, October 13, during the appeal hearing.

To the surprise of the complainants, he confessed to having participated in this double murder.

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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,

From the start of

, Wednesday October 13, Jacques Mugabo admits having executed the two human rights defenders, with the help of other members of the commando led by Christian Kenga Kenga. The uniformed policeman details how, in turn,

were

, their hands cuffed behind their backs. Then, a plastic bag was placed over their heads with tape to suffocate them.

Jacques Mugabo tells the rest: they leave the general inspectorate of the police in procession to Mitendi in what is presented as the farm of General Zelwa Katanga, alias Djedjidja. When they arrived, the hole to accommodate Bazana's body was already dug by a soldier on the spot, said Lieutenant Mugabo. According to him, it was on the way back that Chebeya's body was abandoned in the car of the NGO

, by the side of the road. He also explains how the scene of the crime was made up: “ 

 "

For this task, Jacques Mugabo and his other colleagues were reportedly paid $ 50 each.

Upon his disappearance, he announces that he was

in his residence in Lubumbashi.

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