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| Ivory Coast soldier extradited to face charges |
| 2013-07-26 |
| An Ivorian army officer close to ex-president, Laurent Gbabgo has been arrested in Niger and extradited to Abidjan, where he is being detained upon directive from the body in charge of security (DST), judicial sources confirmed to APA.Captain Urbain Bley, an ex-presidential guard under Gbagbo was caught on 15 July in Niger and extradited to Cote d’Ivoire on 20 July. “He is being held at the DST and we do not know the reason behind his arrest”, one of his lawyers Rodrigue Dadjé declared. 38-yr-old Captain Bley was an aide-de-camp to the Army Chief of Staff, Philippe Mangou under ex president Laurent Gbabgo’s rule. Several pro-Gbagbo officials who had found refuge in neighboring Ghana have also been arrested, including Charles Ble Goude caught on 17 January and extradited, Jean Noel Abehi, an ex-gendarmerie commander and Jean Yves Dibopieu the former leader of the youth vigilant group Patriotic Galaxy. |
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