Mali's Ex-Prime Minister Detained For Corruption Claims
Mali's former Prime minister, Boubeye Maiga was on Thursday, August 26 arrested following a role he played in n the purchase of a presidential plane during the rule of ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Kassoum Tapo, his lawyer, said the reason for his arrest was not clear, however, it was related to Mali’s purchase of a jet in 2014 for forty million dollars.
The observer at the time affirmed that the Keita administration overpaid and that the deal was corrupt.
They said his action lead to political dirt that harmed Keita’s presidency and scared lenders resulting in the freezing of financing to the West African country by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank financing to the West African country as a result.
Boubeye served as prime minister from 2017-2019; He is also seen as a possible candidate in the presidential vote that interim authorities promise to hold next year following Keita’s ouster as president last August.
