Opppsition Ensemble pour la République president Moise Katumbi has temporarily returned to Lubumbashi awaiting the conclusion of investigations and the burial party spokesperson Chérubin Okende.
Okende was assassinated on July 13, 2023, a day after he was kidnapped by suspected State Agents.
The official was kidnapped from the premises of the Constitutional Court.
He was targeted in similar circumstances as National Deputy Mike Mukebayi and Katumbi’s senior special advisor Salomon Kalonda Della.
Mukebayi and Salomon are currently in prison on trumped up charges while MLP president Franck Diongo was recently released after spending 26 days in prison.