Davignon na ƙalubalantar hukuncin shari’a kan kisan Lumumba, yayin da makomar shari’ar ke hannun sakamakon ɗaukaka ƙara.
Étienne Davignon, wanda ake ganin shi ne na ƙarshe daga jami’an Belgium da ke da alaƙa da lamarin, na ƙoƙarin dakatar da hukuncin da ya umarce shi da fuskantar shari’a kan kisan Patrice Lumumba a shekarar 1961. Lauyansa ya bayyana cewa sun ɗaukaka ƙara domin wata kotu ta sama ta sake duba hukuncin kafin a ci gaba.
Ana zargin Davignon da hannu a jigilar Lumumba ba bisa ka’ida ba zuwa Katanga, yankin da ya balle a wancan lokaci. Bayan isa can, an kashe Lumumba a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1961, a wani aiki da ya haɗa da ‘yan awaren yankin tare da goyon bayan Belgium. Lamarin ya kuma shafi mutuwar Maurice Mpolo da Joseph Okito.
Bayan bincike na tsawon shekaru 14, masu gabatar da ƙara sun bayyana waɗannan ayyuka a matsayin laifukan yaƙi da kuma rashin ɗabi’a ga ɗan adam. Yanzu komai na gaba ya dogara ne da sakamakon ɗaukaka ƙarar—idan ta yi nasara, za a iya dakatar da shari’ar ko jinkirta ta; idan kuma ta gaza, ana iya fara shari’a a kusan Janairu 2027.
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