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Guinea Bissau drops treason charge against Bubo Na Tchuto
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 18:46
By Kemo ChamGuinea Bissau has dropped charges against controversial former navy chief, Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, a notorious drug baron who fled to Gambia after been accused of attempted coup plot in 2008.
A military court in Bissau announced on Tuesday that it was dropping treason charges against Bubo Na Tchuto, effectively confirming reports of his increasing influence within the Bissau Guinean military.
"The military tribunal has dropped the case against Rear Admiral Americo Bubo Na Tchuto," Colonel Arsenio Balde told reporters on Tuesday.
Bubo Na Tchuto is a close ally to the present military chief of Guinea Bissau, General Antonio Njai, who himself came to “power” after ousting his predecessor, former chief of staff Admiral José Zamora Induta. Mr Induta has since be detained on the command of the duo who said they intend to put him through trial for unexplained crimes.
Many questions are being asked about the authority of the current civilian regime headed by Malan Becai Sahna, which barely has any say in the most important decisions on matters of national interest.
According to a report by Reuters, General Antonio Njai “is widely believed to have the final say in all government decisions, sidelining President Malam Bacai Sanha.”
This some how explains the idea of dropping charges against the former navy chief; a development which comes two months after soldiers broke Na Tchuto out of the UN compound in Bissau, where he had sought sanctuary after leaving Gambia where he was given asylum by President Yahya Jammeh. During that incident the mutinous soldiers led by General Njai forcefully took control of the military and briefly detained the country’s Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Junior.
It is had to see how these two can work when it was Gomez Junior who had been seeking to have Na Tchuto prosecuted for his role in the failed 2008 coup attempt.
The United States in April named Bubu Na Tchuto alongside a former Air Force chief of staff, Ibraima Papa Camara, as key players in the country’s well reported international drug tracking problem.
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In the service of the Gambia I remain
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