2023-11-06 03:01:45
In Conakry, calm returned this Sunday the day after a day of tension around the escape of four personalities from the central house. Three of them, including former president Dadis Camara, returned to their cells on Saturday evening. But not Claude Pivi, the former junta security minister, still actively sought by the authorities. According to the first elements of the investigation, they benefited from complicity, and the authorities decided to take sanctions. They also offered their condolences to the families of the victims.
Published on: 06/11/2023 – 04:01
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With our correspondent in Conakry, Mouctar Bah
The strong delegation led by Bernard Goumou met the family of the doctor killed by bullets in circumstances that have not yet been clarified. But, according to unofficial sources, it was a soldier who opened fire on an ambulance which did not comply. In all cases, these shots left two dead, a 6-year-old girl and the doctor.
The Prime Minister expressed all his compassion to the grieving families. “ We are here on behalf of the Head of State to show compassion, to show the solidarity of the members of the CNRD, of the government following the tragic death of our brother, a nurse, who was in the exercise of his duties during that this fatal blow happened and he died », explained Bernard Goumou.
He launched an appeal to the population and made commitments. “ I would like to tell our people to remain calm, to maintain serenity and for everyone to go about their business peacefully. The investigations opened after this attempted escape from the central house will be successful. The government is committed to shedding light on these events ».
For the moment, colonels Claude Pivi, Moussa Tiègboro Camara and Blaise Gomou are removed from the ranks of the Guinean army as well as 75 soldiers, gendarmes and prison officers suspected of complicity.
Sanctions and deregistrations in the army
According to the Guinean government, it was red berets, soldiers from the Autonomous Battalion of Airborne Troops (Bata) stationed in front of the central house in Conakry, who opened the gate to the men who came to exfiltrate Claude Pivi, Moussa Dadis Camara and two other accused of the massacre of September 28, 2009. Video evidence was sent to the authorities.
Consequently, a decree taken this Sunday decides on the removal from the workforce of all formally identified people; soldiers from the Bata who were on duty there, the Republican Guard from the Camayenne camp who had to monitor the section of road, but also gendarmes, prison officers…
Another decision: the prison is placed under a reinforced security regime, but the government says it does not fear further destabilization.
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Claude Pivi still on the run
Moreover, the search for Claude Pivi continues, it was his son Verny Pivi, who would have led the commando. Discharged from the army for acts of banditry in 2012, he had been wanted by the authorities since the start of the year, particularly in the Nzérékoré region in Forestry Guinea. He was already suspected of planning his father’s escape.
Claude Pivi, known as Coplan, is a career soldier from Forestry Guinea, Minister of Security of the junta, “armed arm” of the CNDD and key man in Moussa Dadis Camara’s military apparatus. He is one of the main suspects in the massacre of September 28, 2009. Although he has always denied his presence at the stadium that day, his indictment in June 2013 was considered an important step by the representatives of the victims. . He is also cited in the United Nations investigation and has long been in the sights of the International Criminal Court.
However, he remained free until September 2022 and his placement in detention a few days before the start of the trial. Prosecuted for murder, rape, torture, pillaging, he has always pleaded not guilty and during his hearing, just a year ago, he accused Moussa Dadis Camara’s former aide-de-camp, Aboubacar Diakité, known as “Toumba “.
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