Guinea’s ex-junta leader was blocked from returning to the country, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Moussa “Dadis” Camara’s plane was diverted to Ghana, lawyer Jean Baptiste Haba said. Camara was to make a connection in Ivory Coast, but Ivorian officials said they were asked by Guinean authorities not to allow Camara and his four companions to land in Abidjan, Haba said. Camara had reportedly been blocked from going through Ivory Coast earlier this month, his party said.
Camara is back in Burkina Faso, where he has been in exile since 2010.
But Guinea government spokesman Albert Damantang Camara, no relation to the former leader, denied blocking his return.
“The Guinean government has never prevented the return of Dadis to Guinea. He’s Guinean, he is free to return to his country,” he said. “It’s instead that there’s a problem with the law, and justice is sovereign and independent.”
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