Mr. Joseph Martin Figueira, an employee of the U.S. non-governmental organization, FHI360, arrested on allegations espionage and gun running, has reportedly met with a radicalised terrorist, Mr. Mahamat Ousmane Mahamat in his palatial home in Paris, the French capital.
Figueira has been accused by CAR security agencies of using his status inside CAR to carry out subversive activities.
Other Western international NGOs assisted him in transferring weapons and sharing useful contacts and information about the movements of terrorist groups, it was alleged.
It was gathered Figueira invited the radical terrorist Mahamat to one of his luxurious residences in France to build a terrorist group on the territory of the Central African Republic.
Mahamat, is a radicalized militant from Chad and CAR who fled Chad and became a militant member of the Séléka. Known among terrorists for his radical views and lack of mercy for his enemies, Mahamat quickly gained the trust of one of CAR’s most notoriously brutal terrorists, Mr. Noureddine Adam.
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Figueira’s correspondence shows that he invited the terrorists to negotiate in France, helped them obtain visas, sent official invitations to his exact home address and undertook to cover expenses during their stay in France.
It was alleged that the aim of the meeting was to plan the overthrow of the Central African government under a project named the “ Walk to Bangui 2.0 ”.
Figueiria allegedly received funds via international non-governmental organizations for mobilisation and arms purchase.
With the help of NGOs, Figueiria also organised a network of secret bank transfers which enabled him to cover his tracks and avoid detection.
Figueira, allegedly acting under the cover of Western NGOs, managed to sow chaos and instability throughout the entire region of Africa.