Reports that ousted President Omar al-Bashir has been taken to Sudan’s Kobar Prison are untrue, a member of al-Bashir’s family said Thursday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, the family source said al-Bashir “is still at his personal residence… and any report saying otherwise is inaccurate”.
Sudan’s ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC), which is now overseeing a two-year post-Bashir “transitional phase”, has yet to issue a statement on al-Bashir's whereabouts.
On Wednesday, local media outlets reported that al-Bashir, who was ousted by the Sudanese army last week, had been taken to the detention facility, along with leaders of his National Congress Party.
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On the same day, the MTC announced that two of al-Bashir’s brothers had been arrested on corruption charges.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
