Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo captain, shocked after the attack on the bus selection Jan. 8, in the enclave of Cabinda. APLA Angolan Justice condemned Wednesday, December 29, twenty-four years in prison a man accused of involvement in deadly attack against the football team of Togo, in the separatist enclave of Cabinda, before the Cup African Nations 2010."Joao Antonio Puati was sentenced while Daniel Simba was acquitted for lack of evidence," said their lawyer. The two men accused of "armed rebellion", had pleaded not guilty at their trial Dec. 16. They were arrested on January 8, hours after the shooting against the bus of the Togolese football team who had killed two people.
The attack was claimed by separatist Cabinda. ACTIVISTS CABINDAISLes two men were alone in being accused of having directly participated in the attack. Five activists of human rights in Cabinda were also arrested in January and accused of "offenses against state security". They were accused of possessing documents of a rebel group and have met some of his supporters.
Four of them were sentenced in August to prison terms ranging from three to six years in prison, but finally released in December. The last was released in late November for lack of evidence. Since the annexation of this enclave of Angola in 1975, the group Forces for the Liberation of Cabinda state seeking independence for the oil rich province, but where the majority of its 300,000 inhabitants live in poverty.
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