The Attorney General in Kinshasa has sent an extradition letter to the authorities in Lebanon, appealing for the transfer of two of its nationals to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to face charges of corruption.
The letter, with the copy sent to Interpol, accuses Jammal Hussein and Jammal Jammal of colluding with Daniel Massaro Nkingi to embezzle more than USD48 million, from the Congolese state.
The two Lebanese men are the children of Samih Jammal, the co-accused in the trial of Vital Kamerhe, the Chief of Staff of President Felix Tshisekedi.
Massaro is Kamerhe's nephew, who worked for the state insurance company SONAS, he's currently under detention.
The Attorney General Matis Kisula Yeye, claimed that Jammal's children had handed various expensive gifts including money and luxury vehicles to Massaro, in order to secure lucrative government contracts.
It's alleged that they played an instrumental role in ensuring that their family companies, SAMIBO CONGO and HUSMAL SARL, won government contracts to build 1500 and 3000 prefab houses for the Congolese military and police.
However according to the public procurement rules, the contracts were illegally obtained
Should Jammal Hussein and Jammal Jammal be arrested, they are most likely to testify in the trial of their father Samih Jammal and Chief of Staff Vital Kamerhe.
Kamerhe and Jammal's trial, which had already started, will resume on the 11th of June 2020; the pair are currently facing charges of looting USD57 million of public money
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