Rutana: a member of the ruling party suspected of having ordered an assassination released

Vincent Butoyi was released late Tuesday afternoon by the prosecutor at the Makamba Court of Appeal (South of the country). His release came after the prosecutor of Rutana (Southeast) forbade his transfer to the provincial prison for security reasons following “dozens of people he imprisoned when he was chief of a village who swore revenge”. INFO SOS Médias Burundi

Vincent Butoyi, former chief of Butezi village in the district of Giharo in the province of Rutana (southeastern Burundi) suspected in the murder of a certain Gamaliel Vyuname, was released on Tuesday afternoon.

He was released by the prosecutor at the Makamba Court of Appeal, Eliphaz Ndayishimiye.

His release came after the Rutana prosecutor’s office decided to transfer him to the provincial prison.

The latter escaped this entry to the prison because the prosecutor of Rutana was informed that dozens of prisoners from the village of Butezi whom he had arrested and imprisoned him had prepared to take revenge.

While the prison services were in the process of registering him, the prosecutor ordered him to be taken back to the cell of the district police station for security reasons.

Other sources say he was released on bribery charges.

Vincent Butoyi had been arrested on suspicion of having ordered the assassination of Gamaliel Vyuname, a resident of Butezi village. The victim had denounced the abuses that characterized “his rule on this village ”.

The former village chief was released with a dozen followers of the United Methodist Church, originally from Giharo, who have been in detention for almost a month following leadership conflicts within this church, of which Emmanuel Sinzohagera, president of the senate is legal representative at the national level.