The Governor of Western Province of Rwanda, François Habitegeko, has denied the allegations in a statement issued on this Tuesday morning stating that” Those are baseless allegations”
The M23 also said there is no single of their soldiers who have been caught ” those were shown in the video were cow shepherd who caught in cattle at Jomba area they weren’t our Soldiers” .
The Governor of the Western Province, Habitegeko François, has issued a statement condemning the allegations made by the Congolese Army, saying Rwanda’s commitments are baseless.
“We want to denounce these baseless allegations and affirm the fact that RDF has no role to play in the crackdown in the RDC.” Habitegeko said in Written statement.
North Kivu officials said that two people who captured RDF elements.
He said the names of the two men, announced by the Congolese Army and the intelligence services, had been removed from the talks between the two intelligence agencies held in Kigali on February 25, 2022.
“The group of non-governmental organizations that have been involved has not been allowed to address the issues in order to conduct a joint analysis as is the case,” he said.
“RDF does not have any soldiers whose names have been announced in the announcement. This is a way of tricking people through exposing people who have been secretly arrested for more than a month, appearing as detainees on March 28, 2022. ” He added.
Governor Habitegeko said that there was a border inspection team, EJVM, in collaboration with Rwanda and the RDC so that in the event of such a crisis. He called on the group to investigate the allegations against the RDF.
On the other hand, the M23 wrote on social media that whom the FARDC identified itself as the Rwandan soldiers who had been captured, are not their fighters but cow shepherd captured in Jomba farms.
On last Saturday, the M23 unveiled a secret agreement with the RDC Government in 2020 outlining the Tshisekedi government’s commitment to halting the attacks.
The agreement was signed in September 2020 when the M23 delegation secretly met government representatives in the Capital City of Kinshasa, pledging that about 6000 M23 young fighters would be incorporated into the Royal armed forces and helping elderly Militia bring them back to normal life. This work was to be done at a cost of $ 1,334,605.
Reason Governor Habitegeko Reacted on Allegations on Rwandan side is because the announcement made on the evening of March 28, 2022 was signed by a FARDC Brigadier General, whom is Spoken person of Noth Kivu Province, Ekenge Bomusa Efomi.
