Life
He is a cousin of former president François Bozizé [2] and a younger brother of Maxime Mokom. [3]
He used to be a chieff of staff of two ministers under the regime of Patasséand Bozizé. [4] In the 2005 Central African general election he was elected to the National Assembly from the 8th arrondissement in Bangui,having received 7,508 or 40.44% of all votes. He was elected as a member of Kwa Na Kwa party. [5] In 2009,he was elected President of the Kwa Na Kwa parliamentary group. [6] In September 2010,Wilibona was reportedly regularly traversing Bangui with a submachine gun looking for information and speaking with mercenaries. [7] In 2011,he was a director of cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health. [8]
Civil war
Following the outbreak of the Central African Republic Civil War he joined the Anti-balaka militias. In January 2014,he reportedly took over the Cantonnier/Béloko border crossing together with Rochael Mokom alias ‘Colonel Rocco’. On 28 April,he was reportedly in charge of Anti-balaka militias between Cantonnier and Bouar. [9] He was accused of murder of French journalist Camille Lepage in May 2014 for which he was arrested by Central African authorities. [10] On 7 July 2015,he escaped the Ngaragba prison in Bangui after which he fled to Garoua-Boulaï in Cameroon. [11] His personal lawyer,Raymond Ndakala,was accused of helping him in escape. [10] On 5 September 2015,he reportedly arrived in Berbérati accompanied by eight Anti-balaka fighters. [11]
Aftermath
On 12 September 2020,he was arrested by the Cameroonian air and border police as he was returning from a trip to Bangui and placed in pre-trial detention in Kondengui. He is accused of dishonestly obtaining 481,000,000 CFA francs stored in various bank accounts. [4]
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