We are on the twenty-fifth day of hearings in the Conakry stadium massacre trial. More than 150 people were killed on September 28, 2009 and the following days during the repression of an opposition rally. Since last week, Claude Pivi has been at the helm. The former minister in charge of presidential security delivered his version of the tragedy. He accuses Aboubacar Diakité, known as “Toumba”, of having been to the stadium.
With our correspondent in Conakry, Matthias Raynal
During his appearance, the colonel, a veteran of the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, charged the junta leader’s former aide-de-camp. ” Why didn’t you stop Marcel, why didn’t you stop “Toumba”? “. It is the prosecutor who speaks to him.
” I was ready to stop themsays Claude Pivi, but the president had asked to let it pass, he has already asked, there is an investigation coming up, so everyone just has to stay calm “. Moussa Dadis Camara would have preferred to let the international commission of inquiry do its job. This is the version developed by the man present at the bar of the court for a week.
Not guilty
” Why didn’t you continue at the stadium? You had the worry of going there, since you are used to tracking down unscrupulous soldiers. When you learn that the soldiers fired on the civilian population… “says the prosecutor. ” I turned to go report to the president and ask him », said Claude Pivi. For the murders, rapes, tortures, looting, he pleads not guilty.
” Civil parties quote you at the stadium, parties quote you in the looting, you deny all these facts? Any statements from these parties? “, questions the prosecutor again. ” If they are there, let them come to the confrontations “, gets carried away Claude Pivi. Three defendants out of eleven have not yet appeared. Among them, the most anticipated at the helm: Moussa Dadis Camara.
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