A week after the arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Evrard, former chief of staff of the gendarmerie, his wife breaks her silence. In a statement, Djamila Somda explains the conditions of her husband’s arrest and expresses her concerns following the lack of official communication on the situation of the former boss of the Burkinabè gendarmerie. Especially since the arrest order did not come from the military prosecutor according to her.
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In her statement, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Evrard Somda explains that the former chief of staff of the gendarmerie was extracted on Sunday January 14, “ military man » by unidentified armed men in front of his children, who were “ very shocked “. She specifies that he was taken to “ an unknown destination, without judicial warrant, without explanation “. The lieutenant-colonel nevertheless did not put up any resistance, according to his wife.
“ The bruised heart » by these events, Djamila Somda underlines that “ Investigations at the military court did not reveal any order for the arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Evrard Somda. » The wife of the ex-boss of the Burkinabè gendarmerie is also worried about the silence of the authorities. According to her, “ no official communication has been made, neither on this act, nor on the reasons, let alone the authors “.
She invites the people responsible for this arrest to “ take all necessary measures to guarantee respect for their rights ”, because this operation “ is foreign » to any legal proceedings.