24.Marshal TEBIE, who conducted the search, declared that “nothing illegal
had been found”;
25.The Applicant was transferred to the gendarmerie for further
investigation;
26.And he was detained for two weeks without food rations;
27.After 21 weeks of detention, i.e. at the end of 1993, the Applicant and
other soldiers were presented to the Federal Attorney, Mr.
ABDOULAYE Yaya;
28.The prosecutor notified them of a state charge against them;
29.The State's charges against him were, among others: acts against State
security, destruction of the Republic's buildings, aggression against the
head of State, murder of General AMEYI and a soldier of the Presidential
Guard, destruction of the Head of State's house;
30.The Applicant was brought back to the national gendarmerie;
31.Following, he was entitled to visits from his parents;
32.The Applicant was detained by the gendarmerie from September 1993 to
November 20, 1994;
33.And on the night of November 17, 1994, Colonel LAOKPESSI visited
them and told them that they had to get ready to get on a bus, which was
parked in front of the cell;
34.The Applicant and his unfortunate companions arrived at the Lomé
Transport Base;
35.They were boarded into a plane, handcuffed two by two by the wrist and
secured at ankle level;
36.They landed at Niamtougou airport, 460 km from Lomé;
37.The Applicant and his companions were received by Colonel BERENA
Gnakoudè and Commander Ernest GNASSIGBE and his elements;
38.They were taken directly to Kara's civilian prison;
39.During the trip they were beaten, intimidated and threatened;
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