President of REJADD escaped kidnapping in Sokode

While he says he is reaching out to the opposition for a dialogue for the establishment of peace in the country, the same regime makes the city of Sokodé a zone of lawlessness. Even human rights defenders are threatened, hunted down and forced to flee the city, leaving the victims of military abuses to their own fate.

Assiba Johnson, president of the African Youth for Democracy and Development Group (REJADD), has been staying in Sokodé for a few weeks with some colleagues. Their mission is to register the wounded, refer them to a health center for appropriate care and visit the victims and their parents to gather their testimonies.

But in recent days, members of REJADD have become targets of soldiers who carry out acts of violence on the population of Sokodé. Yesterday, these soldiers broke into the CHR of Sokodé where Assiba Johnson and his colleagues were.

"I fled the hospital yesterday and the city of Sokodé. The heavily armed soldiers came to the hospital and asked to see the person who cares for the wounded. The nurses alerted me to take shelter and I managed to flee the CHR in very deplorable conditions, "said Assiba Johnson.

Like most of the population of Sokodé, the president of REJADD slept in the bush. "God helping, I managed to escape and slept in the bush last night. This morning, thanks to good will, I fled the city of Sokodé, leaving the wounded on their own, "he lamented.

Before that, one of his colleagues was arrested and taken to the Gendarmerie of the city. He was released after several hours of interrogation.

This is how those who try to clean up the damage caused by the military are hunted down. One wonders what is happening to these wounded, in the absence of these human rights defenders on the spot. It is in these conditions that one preaches peace to hear it.

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