In an exclusive interview with Financial Afrik, Oumar Diawara, the man who tried to seize an Air Côte d'Ivoire aircraft spoke about his conviction.

While he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for complicity in the misuse of corporate assets and money laundering by the Ivorian justice system, Oumar Diawara emerged victorious before the ECOWAS judges. The BNI/Gestion case with its subsidiary Perl invest object is a dispute that has lasted for more than 4 years. "After a victory before ECOWAS, a supra-national court, that a court of first instance render a decision condemning me to a penalty of deprivation of liberty and confiscation of my property, while prohibiting me from setting foot on Ivorian soil and any what you may have read in this decision remains for me, a non-event…”, he confided to Financial Afrik.

Oumar Diawara recalls that from being a victim, he has become an accomplice. The legal agent of the Treasury filed a complaint against him for complicity in the misuse of corporate assets and money laundering. The judge in charge of the case is changed to that of the 5th cabinet and the cabal begins. The judge in question charged him in his absence, placed his property in sequestration and entrusted custody to the plaintiff. On October 22, 2021, ECOWAS recognized the violation of his rights, asking the Ivorian justice to restore him to his violated rights...