The former head of Togo’s army and four other soldiers have been given prison sentences over the murder of a high-ranking colonel, AFP news agency reports.
A military court sentenced the soldiers to between five and 20 years over the murder of Lt-Col Bitala Madjoulba.
He commanded Togo’s elite 1st Rapid Intervention Battalion, and was found dead in his office at a military base on 4 May 2020, a day after President Faure Gnassingbe was sworn in for a fourth term, AFP reports.