A senior officer of the M23 rebel movement, Lt. Col. Saddam Ringo Edimo, has made a U-turn back to the ranks of DRC forces FARDC.
Lt.Col. Saddam switched back to the national side Friday, October 5, military sources told local media.
Saddam returned with him ten men, weapons and ammunition. He was sent Friday to DRC capital, Kinshasa, military sources reported.
Lt.Col. Saddam was commander of the 6th sector of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Fizi-Baraka in South Kivu, before his defection in April.
Several other FARDC officers had defected during the same month. Early May, they created a military political movement, called “M23”.
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