Aaron Wilibona (or Ouilibona) alias "Coxis" is a former Central African representative, military commander of Anti-balaka, suspected of killing French journalist

Camille Lepage Camille Lepage (January 28, 1988 – May 12, 2014) was a French photojournalist who was killed during the conflict in the Central African Republic in 2014. Her death was described as a murder by the French presidency and it marked the first ...

Life

He is a cousin of former president

François Bozizé François Bozizé Yangouvonda (born 14 October 1946) is a Central African Republic, Central African politician who was List of heads of state of the Central African Republic, President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. He was th ...

and a younger brother of

Maxime Mokom Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka (born 30 December 1978) is a former minister of disarmament in the Central African Republic, and leader of Anti-balaka, who was arrested in 2022 and charged with war crimes. Biography Mokom was born on 30 Decem ...

. He used to be a chieff of staff of two ministers under the regime of Patassé and Bozizé. In the

2005 Central African general election General elections were held in the Central African Republic on March 13, 2005 to elect the President and National Assembly. A second round was held for both elections on May 8, marking the end of the transitional process that began with the seizur ...

he was elected to the

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from the 8th arrondissement in Bangui, having received 7,508 or 40.44% of all votes. He was elected as a member of

Kwa Na Kwa Kwa or KWA may refer to: Languages * Kwah language, spoken in Nigeria * Kwa' language, spoken in Cameroon * Kwa languages (or ''New Kwa''), a disputed Niger–Congo subfamily * Volta–Niger languages (or ''East Kwa''), a Niger–Congo subsubfam ...

party. In 2009, he was elected President of the Kwa Na Kwa parliamentary group. In September 2010, Wilibona was reportedly regularly traversing Bangui with a submachine gun looking for information and speaking with mercenaries. In 2011, he was a director of cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health.

Civil war

Following the outbreak of the

Central African Republic Civil War The Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the successive governments, rebels from the former ' coalition, the Anti-balaka militias, and various foreign and international fo ...

he joined the

Anti-balaka The Anti-balaka (''anti-machete'') is an alliance of militia groups based in the Central African Republic in the early 21st century said by ''the Guardian'' to be composed primarily of Christians, but also some Muslims. However, some church leade ...

militias. In January 2014, he reportedly took over the

Cantonnier Cantonnier is a border town situated near Cameroon–Central African Republic border in Nana-Mambéré Prefecture. History French troops entered Cantonnier in December 2013. In January 2014, Anti-balaka captured Cantonnier from Seleka group. MI ...

Béloko Béloko is a village located near Central African Republic-Cameroon border in Nana-Mambéré Prefecture. History Central African Republic Civil War (2012-present) ''Haut Conseil de Résistance et du Redressement National'' (HCRRN) captured ...

border crossing together with Rochael Mokom alias ‘Colonel Rocco’. On 28 April, he was reportedly in charge of Anti-balaka militias between Cantonnier and Bouar. He was accused of murder of French journalist Camille Lepage in May 2014 for which he was arrested by Central African authorities. On 7 July 2015, he escaped the Ngaragba prison in Bangui after which he fled to

Garoua-Boulaï Garoua-Boulaï (or Garoua-Boulay) is a town and commune in Cameroon. The town is on the border with the Central African Republic. Across the border, the nearest CAR settlement accessible by road is Baboua. Refugees In 2014, the town was severe ...

in Cameroon. His personal lawyer, Raymond Ndakala, was accused of helping him in escape.République Centrafricaine : à Bangui, l’avocat Raymond Ndakala présenté à la barre
7 August 2014 On 5 September 2015, he reportedly arrived in

Berbérati Berbérati is the third-largest city in the Central African Republic, with a population of 105,155 (2013 census). Located in the south-west of the country, near the border with Cameroon, it serves as capital of the Mambéré-Kadéï Prefecture and ...

accompanied by eight Anti-balaka fighters.

Aftermath

On 12 September 2020, he was arrested by the Cameroonian air and border police as he was returning from a trip to Bangui and placed in pre-trial detention in Kondengui. He is accused of dishonestly obtaining 481,000,000 CFA francs stored in various bank accounts.

References

{{Reflist Leaders of Anti-balaka People charged with murder Escapees National Convergence "Kwa Na Kwa" politicians Members of the National Assembly (Central African Republic) 20th-century births Living people