‘Give Peace A Chance’, Laurent Gbagbo Appeals To Police
June 21, 2021
2:05 am
The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, heavily criticized the Ivorian police yesterday for the violence which erupted during his long-awaited homecoming last week but insisted the country had to move on.
Gbagbo, a controversial figure acquitted by an international court of crimes against humanity, voiced concern over ‘violence perpetuated’ Thursday as thousands of supporters celebrated his return, according to a statement signed in his name by spokesman Justin Katinan Kone.
Police made massive use of tear gas to disperse crowds and, according to Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) party, arrested several dozen of his followers.
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