Английская Википедия:Aaron Wilibona

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Aaron Wilibona (or Ouilibona) alias "Coxis" – is a former Central African representative, military commander of Anti-balaka, suspected of killing French journalist Camille Lepage.

Life

He is a cousin of former president François Bozizé[1] and a younger brother of Maxime Mokom.[2]

He used to be a chieff of staff of two ministers under the regime of Patassé and Bozizé.[3] In the 2005 Central African general election he was elected to the National Assembly from the 8th arrondissement in Bangui, having received 7,508 or 40.44% of all votes. He was elected as a member of Kwa Na Kwa party.[4] In 2009 he was elected President of the Kwa Na Kwa parliamentary group.[5] In September 2010 Wilibona was reportedly regularly traversing Bangui with a submachine gun looking for information and speaking with mercenaries.[6] In 2011 he was a director of cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health.[7]

Civil war

Following the outbreak of the Central African Republic Civil War he joined the Anti-balaka militias. In January 2014 he reportedly took over the Cantonnier/Béloko border crossing together with Rochael Mokom alias ‘Colonel Rocco’. On 28 April he was reportedly in charge of Anti-balaka militias between Cantonnier and Bouar.[8] He was accused of murder of French journalist Camille Lepage in May 2014 for which he was arrested by Central African authorities.[9] On 7 July 2015 he escaped the Ngaragba prison in Bangui after which he fled to Garoua-Boulaï in Cameroon.[10] His personal lawyer, Raymond Ndakala, was accused of helping him in escape.[9] On 5 September 2015 he reportedly arrived in Berbérati accompanied by eight Anti-balaka fighters.[10]

Aftermath

On 12 September 2020 he was arrested by the Cameroonian air and border police as he was returning from a trip to Bangui and placed in pre-trial detention in Kondengui. He is accused of dishonestly obtaining 481,000,000 CFA francs stored in various bank accounts.[3]

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