Saved by Italian doctors, he names his son after the head doctor and the entrepreneur with whom he was taking a course. Bufole Mugisho underwent emergency surgery in Ancona on 25 October after experiencing severe headaches.

The tumor mass was found to be benign. 'Buf', as the surgeons had affectionately nicknamed him, was followed by the Torrette hospital, even after his return to Congo. The engineer was in Italy for a project wanted by the former Italian ambassador to the Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio, killed in an ambush in February 2021.