Guinea: a former minister arrested after the leak of an audio from Alpha Condé
Former Guinean President Alpha Condé in Washington on September 13, 2019.
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In an audio recording, former President Alpha Condé, on a medical stay in Abu Dhabi, gives instructions to his supporters and at the same time attacks his fiercest opponents, including Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sidya Touré.
This audio made headlines on Guinean social networks and media and led to arrests.
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With our correspondent in Conakry,
Mouctar Bah
The leak on social networks of this audio
from Alpha Condé
had been variously interpreted in Guinea before the gendarmerie made everyone agree on the veracity of this recording.
“
Following the leak in the media and essentially on social networks of an audio file of the former president, Professor Alpha Condé, the central direction of judicial investigations of the national gendarmerie opened an investigation, it is clear that there are concordant indications that could lead to the prosecution of the named Doctor M'Bemba Kaba and Doctor Ibrahima Kalil Kaba
".
RPG reaction to arrest
Immediately after, the RPG, party of the former president, comes out of its reserve in a press release and denounces his arrest, but releases its responsibility.
“
We learned with concern of the arrest of one of our own, in this case the former minister, Doctor Ibrahima Kalil Kaba.
To this end, the rainbow RPG wants him to enjoy his full rights.
In addition, the rainbow RPG would like to point out that the audio in question has never been shared or discussed within party authorities
.
Me Lanciné Sylla, the lawyer for the former Minister of Foreign Affairs who was not authorized to meet his client, will not give up, in his own words: "
What I am going to do now is to seize the judicial authorities so that this situation that we are experiencing, which is likely to threaten the rule of law in our country, ceases
".
Former Minister Kaba and his accomplice, Alpha Condé's personal doctor, Dr M'Bemba Kaba will be presented in the coming days before a prosecutor.
►Also read: In Guinea, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana becomes interim president of the RPG, the former ruling party
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