DRC: Fortunat Biselele, former private adviser to the presidency, heard at the courthouse

Kinshasa (DRC): Fortunat Biselele (in the middle with the red cap), former adviser to President Tshisekedi, on his arrival at the Gombe courthouse, Friday January 20, 2023. © Pascal Mulegwa / RFI

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In the DRC, Fortunat Biselele, the now ex-private adviser to the President of the Republic was transferred Friday evening to Makala prison after a hearing behind closed doors at the Gombe courthouse in Kinshasa.

He had been detained for several days by the ANR, the National Intelligence Agency in a secret location.

But yesterday, Friday, he was officially heard.

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with our correspondent in Kinshasa,

At the end of the day this Friday, three buses with civil plates park in front of the Courthouse.

Hat on his head and mask on his nose, a man surrounded by soldiers gets out of one of the vehicles.

This is Fortunat Biselele alias Bifort.

The gate closes in front of the cohort of journalists and some onlookers.

The now ex-adviser to Félix Tshisekedi was brought to justice and placed under a provisional arrest warrant.

KINSHASA - 10:50 p.m. "in the town of Selembao. The van in which the former private adviser to the president, Fortunat Biselele was driven, arrived in Makala. The police mobilized dozens of elements for the escort. #DRC 🇨🇩 https://t.co/d82CamhGx2

— Pascal Mulegwa (@pascal_mulegwa) January 20, 2023

According to a source, suspicions of espionage and intelligence with the enemy would weigh on him.

And according to the newspaper

, this enemy would be Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

Rumors of his arrest had already been circulating for a week in the capital.

His home was searched, phones and computers were reportedly seized along with other exhibits.

📣 DRC |

The arrest of "Bifort", followed by the reshuffle of the presidential cabinet, augurs a change of course on the part of Felix Tshisekedi.

Africa Intelligence reveals behind the scenes of this political sequence and the investigation by the Congolese services.

https://t.co/3TwGhwTpaj

— Africa Intelligence (@Africa_In_FR) January 20, 2023

Fortunat Biselele was dismissed last Sunday from the cabinet of President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi.

The exact reasons for his arrest have not yet been revealed.

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: President Félix Tshisekedi dismisses his private adviser

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