Ethiopian police arrest ex-director of construction company Renaissance Dam
The Ethiopian police arrested on Tuesday the former Director General of
the state-owned Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), General
Kinfe Dagnew while trying to flee to Sudan.
The Ethiopian authorities announced earlier the arrest of 63 officials
including senior intelligence and police officials and officials in
METEC company on suspicion of human rights violations, corruption and
attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June.
Ethiopia’s Fana radio reported that Ethiopian Attorney General, Berhanu
Tsegaye as saying that General Dagnew arrived in the capital Addis Ababa
today after he was arrested in Humera, Tigray Regional State while
attempting to flee to Sudan.
He added that General Dagnew is expected to appear before the court no later than 48 hours after his arrest.
On August, 25 Abiy Ahmed announced that his government had decided to
transfer the contract of constructing the Renaissance Dam from the
Ethiopian construction company to another company with global
capabilities and experience to continue the project.
At the time, the Ethiopian construction company was accused of delaying
the construction process which was due to be completed within five years
of its onset in 2011.
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