Moussa Dadis Camara, the former head of the military junta in power at the time of the September 28 massacre, was called to give his version of the facts on Monday, December 12. The murderous repression left 157 dead, hundreds injured, more than a hundred women raped.
With our special correspondent in Conakry, Charlotte Idrac
Moussa Dadis Camara said he was sick on Monday, December 5, and was unable to appear, but this time he said he was ready “ to deliver one’s share of the truth “. “ Do you feel better? first asked the president of the court straight away. Moussa Dadis Camara nods. In a large ocher, black and white striped boubou, thin glasses, the former head of the junta sits down and then launches into a long monologue. “ Dadis Camara is not crazy, Dadis Camara is generous, he is a sincere man “, he says, speaking of himself, regularly evoking his honor, God and the Bible. After a few digressions, quoting for example the philosophers Heraclitus and Emmanuel Kant, the former leader then gets to the heart of the matter and counterattacks.
A “ conspiracy »
For him, the events of September 28 were a “ conspiracy “. “ A cleverly orchestrated plot to make me leave “, continues Moussa Dadis Camara. He cites three people by name: Alpha Condé, the ex-president overthrown in September 2021, Sekouba Konaté, the former president of the transition in 2010, and Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, said Toumbahis former aide-de-camp whom he had charged during his hearing, therefore accused by Moussa Dadis Camara of being the executor of the events.
“ This plot was to make me unapproachable, to smear me in front of the international community “, assures the ex-leader, “ then Toumba was bamboozled to eliminate me “, he continues. While speaking, Moussa Dadis Camara turns his sheets, regularly raises his voice, sometimes makes the room laugh: “ take all your time “, told him the president of the court.
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