Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, in preventive detention since June in a case of alleged corruption, underwent a cardiac catheterization operation on Saturday evening “successful»At the national cardiology hospital in Nouakchott. Cardiac catheterization helps widen the veins for the purpose of improving the flow of blood through the patient’s body.
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, 65, was admitted to the military hospital on Thursday for “intensive care“After a discomfort marked in particular by bleeding from the nose, had indicated one of his lawyers Me Mohameden Ould Icheddou.
“The operation was carried out successfully, with the unhesitating consent of Mr. Aziz and after informing his family.», Specifies the press release of the national cardiology hospital signed by its director who is also the personal doctor of the former president.
His family says “fear his physical liquidation”
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who led Mauritania from 2008 to 2019 was admitted Wednesday evening to the military hospital in Nouakchott for “urgent care“, One of his lawyers told AFP Mohameden Ould Icheddou on Thursday, calling on the authorities to evacuate his client abroad for treatment”intensive“.
The Nouakchott Court of Appeal once again rejected a request for the provisional release of the former Mauritanian leader in early November.
In a statement released Wednesday evening, his family said “fear his physical liquidation“By the regime which has”failed in his attempts to liquidate him politically“.
The former head of Mauritania was charged in March with corruption, money laundering, illicit enrichment, squandering of public property, granting undue advantages and obstructing the conduct of justice. He was detained in June in a prison in Nouakchott for non-compliance with the measures of his judicial control and disturbing public order.