Dylan Bettencourt
UMengameli wase-Benin uPatrice Talon ufake endalini impahla kalowo owayeyimbangi yakhe kwezombusazwe uSebastien Ajavon osekudingisweni e-France.
Izinto phakathi kwezingu-140 ezisohlwini oludayiswa uhulumeni wase-Benin zihlanganisa i-Rolls-Royce Phantom, ipiano, iphrinta ye-HP laserjet, umshini wekhofi, i-microwave nomabonakude we-Samsung.
Lezi zinto zivezwe oqwembeni lokwahlulela loMnyango wezeZimali edolobheni elikhulukazi lase-Benin, i-Cotonou.
Kuthiwa isamba semali yazo zonke lezi zimpahla sifinyelele ku-R2.6 million, kanti i-Rolls-Royce yenza u-R2 million waleyo mali.
Iningi lalezi zinto sezidayisiwe, kusho uhulumeni wendawo.
Imibiko iveza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi le moto kanokusho iye kuMengameli uqobo.
Ngo-1990 i-Benin yashicilela indaba yempumelelo yentando yeningi kanti lesi sizwe sivame ukubonwa njengesizwe esinokuthula esinesiko lezombusazwe elinempilo.
Kodwa-ke, selokhu kwakhethwa uTalon ngo-2016 kuthiwa konke lokho kushintshile. UTalon owake waba inkosi ye-cotton-gin uhlose ukuqinisa amandla akhe kanti izimbangi zithi unyathele intando yeningi futhi lokho kuholele ekwandeni kodlame.
Ukhetho lwezomthetho lwango-2019 lwaphazanyiswa ukubulawa kwababhikishi abane izikhulu zezokuphepha.
UTalon kanye nembangi yakhe u-Ajavon kade baxabana hhayi nje kuphela kwezepolitiki kodwa nasebhizinisini.
U-Ajavon wayeyindoda yesibili ecebe kakhulu e-Benin, wayezuza ingcebo ngokungenisa izinkukhu kuleliyazwe. Ubuye abe neziteshi eziningi zakumabonakude kanye nezomsakazo.
Ingxabano yabo kwezombusazwe yaba ngeyesikhashana ngemuva kokuthi uTalon aphumelele ukuwina ukhetho ngo-2016. U-Ajavon waboshwa ephethe u-18kg we-cocaine ebhokisini lempahla eyayihanjiswa kwenye yezinkampani zakhe eziningi.
Ukulahlwa kwakhe icala kwanqunywa iNkantolo yase-Afrika yamaLungelo Abantu, kodwa u-Ajavon wabalekela e-France.
Usahlala e-France ngoba usenikezwe eminye imikhawulo eminingi yasejele njengoba engekho.
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