APA – Bujumbura (Burundi) – Former Burundian Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni was sentenced to life in prison on Friday on charges including attempting to overthrow the government and threatening the life of the president, according to a judicial report seen by APA.
Bunyoni has been facing nine counts, including a bid to kill President Evariste Ndayishimiye, toppling government institutions and illegal possession of weapons.
He has also been facing charges of insulting President Evariste Ndayishimiye and Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca.
Bunyoni was Burundi’s prime minister from mid-2020 to September 2022, when he was sacked by President Ndayishimiye.
The former police chief and minister of internal security was reported missing days before his arrest in April 2023.
He was accused of undermining the internal security of the state, undermining the proper functioning of the national economy and illegal enrichment.
A close ally of former president Pierre Nkurunziza who died in 2020, Bunyoni was an influential senior figure in the ruling CNDD-FDD party.
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