A former Beninese soldier appeared on the stand last Monday at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) for evasion. He risks 5 years in prison and a fine of 1,200,000 CFA francs

The requisitions of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) indicated that the former soldier is being prosecuted for escape. According to the facts, the soldier who was disbarred from the Beninese army since 2015 was arrested for “threatening state security”. He threatened to escape after being detained in the civil prison in Cotonou. Transferred to the secure civilian prison in Akpro-Missérété on 23 October 2013, the soldier was not found in his cell in the early morning even though

The fugitive soldier will be before CRIET again on December 04, 2023. The case has been put under discussion.