2024-04-06 16:09:32
KINSHASA – As eastern DRC continues to face war atrocities, several senior officials of the former regime including honorary president Joseph Kabila, John Numbi, Claude Lubaya, Joseph Olenghankoy, Patient Sayiba have all been cited by Éric Nkuba alias Malembe, strategic advisor to Corneille Nangaa, like people who support the M23 rebels.
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo presented this Friday, April 5, 2024, Éric Nkuba alias Malembe, strategic advisor to Corneille Nangaa, leader of the rebel movement Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC). He was arrested by military intelligence. According to the army spokesperson, he is a key element of the AFC rebel movement.
This right-hand man of Corneille Nangaa claims that former Congolese president Joseph Kabila is behind the M23-AFC-RDF rebellion.
“This is the centerpiece,” declared General Sylvain Ekenge, before emphasizing that he was in Rutshuru, in the province of North Kivu, alongside the former president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI ).
Well before, the army revealed the testimony made by this member of the AFC. In a video, Éric Nkuba cited as military contacts of this rebel movement, notably former president Joseph Kabila and John Numbi.
As political contacts, he cited, among others, the honorary national deputy Claudel Lubaya, the president of the Monitoring Council of the New Year’s Eve agreement, Joseph Olenghankoy, and the former director general of OGEFREM, Patient Sayiba.
As a reminder, the AFC is a political-military coalition created by the former president of the CENI, Corneille Nangaa, with the rebel movement M23. According to her, it aims at “the rebuilding of the State and the return of peace in DR Congo”. This rebel movement is present in Rutshuru, one of the territories of North Kivu.
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