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Biography
Aaron Wilibona (or Ouilibona) alias "Coxis" – is a former Central African representative, military commander of Anti-balaka, suspected of killing French journalist Camille Lepage.
Life
He is a cousin of former president François Bozizé and a younger brother of Maxime Mokom.
He used to be a chieff of staff of two ministers under the regime of Patassé and Bozizé. In the 2005 Central African general election he was elected to the National Assembly from the 8th arrondissement in Bangui, having received 7,508 or 40.44% of all votes. He was elected as a member of Kwa Na Kwa party. In 2009 he was elected President of the Kwa Na Kwa parliamentary group. In September 2010 Wilibona was reportedly regularly traversing Bangui with a submachine gun looking for information and speaking with mercenaries. In 2011 he was a director of cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health.
Civil war
Following the outbreak of the Central African Republic Civil War he joined the Anti-balaka militias. In January 2014 he reportedly took over the Cantonnier/Béloko border crossing together with Rochael Mokom alias ‘Colonel Rocco’. On 28 April he was reportedly in charge of Anti-balaka militias between Cantonnier and Bouar. He was accused of murder of French journalist Camille Lepage in May 2014 for which he was arrested by Central African authorities. On 7 July 2015 he escaped the Ngaragba prison in Bangui after which he fled to Garoua-Boulaï in Cameroon. His personal lawyer, Raymond Ndakala, was accused of helping him in escape. On 5 September 2015 he reportedly arrived in Berbérati accompanied by eight Anti-balaka fighters.
Aftermath
On 12 September 2020 he was arrested by the Cameroonian air and border police as he was returning from a trip to Bangui and placed in pre-trial detention in Kondengui. He is accused of dishonestly obtaining 481,000,000 CFA francs stored in various bank accounts.
