Police in the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO have arrested a former health minister for allegedly mismanaging funds allocated for the EBOLA EPIDEMIC.
OLY ILUNGA resigned as health minister in July after being stripped of responsibility for the fight against Ebola.
Police said they detained him because they had information that he intended to evade legal proceedings and leave the country.
He however denies any wrongdoing.
In his July resignation letter, DR ILUNGA criticised the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S plan to use an unlicensed vaccine against .
There was a shortage in supply of the previous vaccine and health experts argued another vaccine, which had not been widely tested, should be used.
DR ILUNGA argued that the previous vaccine was the only one with clinically proven effectiveness.
He also criticised the decision to remove him as head of the Ebola response team, and replace him by a committee which he said had interfered with his work.
Foreign donors have provided more than $150m (£120m) to combat Ebola in DR CONGO where more than 2,000 people have died since the start of the current outbreak.
