Chebeya case in the DRC: at the bar, Paul Mwilambwe evokes the name of Joseph Kabila

Among the names cited, John Numbi, Joseph Ponde, the former auditor general of the FARDC and the former president Joseph Kabila (our photo) who, says Paul Mwilambwe, asked him to keep quiet about everything he saw.

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Continuation in Kinshasa of the appeal trial of the double assassination of human rights defenders Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana executed in June 2010. Appeal trial which takes place at the military prison of Ndolo, in Kinshasa which highlighted the role prominent played notably by General John Numbi.

But after the first testimony of Colonel Paul Mwilambwe Londa who appeared this Wednesday another personality is cited, the former president Joseph Kabila.

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With our correspondent in Kinshasa

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Kamanda Wa Kamanda

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Gentlemen, if you are not convinced of what I am going to say, do not hesitate to condemn me, but if you are convinced of it do not hesitate to acquit me

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This is the first sentence

of the defendant Paul Mwilambwe Londa

who was sentenced in 2011 to the death penalty while he was absent from the trial.

He had, he said, been kidnapped by the will of General John Numbi, then Inspector General of Police.

Adventures

For this first appearance, Paul Mwilambwe, dressed as a police officer, recounted the adventures of his solitary confinement in Kinshasa and then in Lubumbashi, with the complicity, according to him, of senior military justice officials and the National Intelligence Agency. .

Among the names cited,

John Numbi

, Joseph Ponde the former auditor general of the FARDC and former president Joseph Kabila who, he says, asked him to keep quiet about everything he saw.

For civil party counsel Elie Mbikayi Mwamba, justice must do its job following these revelations: " 

We expect that the chain can expand, it is the criminal chain that has crystallized the association of criminals, which led to the double assassination

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Confrontation

Next hearing, Friday.

Paul Mwilambwe will have to be confronted with the members of the Chebeya and Bazana execution commando, namely those who are already in the hands of justice as well as other accomplices.

Only Christian Kenga Kenga still refuses to appear.

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See also: Chebeya-Bazana case in the DRC: key witness Paul Mwilambwe returned to Kinshasa

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