Ex-DR Congo minister Oly Ilunga arrested for 'embezzling Ebola funds'

Saturday, September 14, 2019 — updated on July 03, 2020

Then Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga during a press conference. He is in custody for 'embezzling Ebola funds' in Kinshasa, the police announced on September 14, 2019. PHOTO | FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP

By AFP

Kinshasa,

Former DR Congo health minister Oly Ilunga has been arrested over allegations he embezzled public funds to tackle the Ebola epidemic, police said on Saturday.

Ilunga, who resigned as health minister in July after being removed as head of the country's Ebola response team, will be referred to prosecutors on Monday, police spokesman Colonel Pierrot-Rombaut Mwanamputu told AFP.