A dozen relatives of the former rebel leader and former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, presidential candidate on October 31 in Côte d'Ivoire, were released on Wednesday, AFP learned from their relatives.
"Finally we are free and it is only a temporary freedom"
, wrote the deputy Loukimane Camara in an SMS to his wife, who transferred him to AFP.
To read also: Guillaume Soro: "Alassane Ouattara prepares a trick worthy of Vladimir Poutine"
The entourage of Guillaume Soro, relying on a document signed by the dean of the examining magistrates which mentions several other releases, evokes
“a dozen releases”
in total. About twenty relatives of Soro, including five deputies, were arrested in Côte d'Ivoire at the end of December 2019 after the abortive return of Guillaume Soro to Abidjan.
