Wata kotu a birnin Brussels ta umarci tsohon jami’in diflomasiyya mai shekaru 93, Etienne Davignon, ya fuskanci shari’a kan zargin rawar da ya taka a kisan jagoran ‘yancin kai na Kongo, Patrice Lumumba, a shekarar 1961. Ana zargin Davignon da hannu a tsare Lumumba ba bisa ƙa’ida ba, da jigilar sa da kuma wulakanta shi kafin a kashe shi, duk da cewa ya musanta zarge-zargen.
Wannan hukunci ya zo ne bayan dogon lokaci da iyalan Lumumba ke neman adalci, inda jikansa Mehdi Lumumba ya bayyana matakin a matsayin “na tarihi”. Idan shari’ar ta tabbata, Davignon zai zama jami’in Belgium na farko da ake tuhuma kai tsaye kan wannan kisa bayan sama da shekaru 60.
Lumumba, wanda ya zama firaministan farko na Jamhuriyar Dimokuraɗiyyar Kongo bayan samun ‘yancin kai daga Belgium a 1960, an hambarar da shi cikin watanni kaɗan kafin a kashe shi a Katanga tare da hannun dakarun da Belgium ta goyi baya. An kuma lalata gawarsa da acid, lamarin da ya hana samun gawar a lokacin.
Shari’ar na cikin yunƙurin Belgium na fuskantar tarihin mulkin mallaka, musamman bayan dawo da abin da ya rage daga Lumumba — haƙori — zuwa Kongo a 2022, tare da amincewar gwamnati da alhakin ɗabi’a kan abin da ya faru.
Majiyar Labari: TRT AFRIKA
