Opposition leader Seth Kikuni has appeared before the Kinshasa/Gombe Peace Court as his trial against the public prosecutor commenced on Thursday.
Kikuni had been hospitalized and in critical condition before he was brought to attended his trial in which he is accused of inciting civil disobedience and spreading false rumors.
The lawyers of the Piste Pour l’Urgence party leader confirmed on Thursday that their client had been forced to appeared the court despite being in critical health state.
Kikuni was arrested on September 2nd by secret state agents who took him to an unknown ANR location before being transferred to Makala Central Prison without standing trial for over two weeks.
Last August in Lubumbashi of Haut-Katanga Province, Kikuni had according to the law enforcement agency made remarks likely to incite the Congolese population to disobey the laws of the country by simply rejecting impostor president Félix Tshisekedi’s bogus plea for the opposition to dialogue with his government.
