A famous whistleblower in Burkina Faso, Wendpouire Charles Sawadogo, arrested and suspected of "foreign intelligence", was released on Monday after four days in police custody, AFP learned from his relatives.
Wendpouire Charles Sawadogo "was released around 9:30 a.m. (local and GMT). For us it is a great joy," the spokesman for a group of journalists, activists, and influential people in the region told AFP. civil society in Burkina Faso, Arouna Louré, of which Mr. Sawadogo is a member. "The charges ' against him ' have been dropped," he added.
"He was suspected of having received money from abroad to destabilize the transition" (military regime in place in Burkina before potential elections in 2024), explained one of his relatives, specifying that "his home was searched and his phones seized".
"All the searches that have been carried out have proved fruitless," said Mr. Louré, who sees in this release "the absence of material evidence" that "could incriminate Mr. Sawadogo".
Wendpouire Charles Sawadogo was summoned on Thursday by the Central Brigade for the Fight against Cybercrime (BCLCC) before being placed in detention, suspected of _"intelligence with foreign countries with a view to deposing the regime in place", according to the collective.
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