Congo’s first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, was assassinated in 1961, and his body was destroyed, except a single tooth. and his daughter regards his remains as“a great victory.“. A court in Belgium has made it possible for his tooth to be returned to his family.
This decision is perceived as a symbolic gesture to the Congolese after years of lobbying. Lumumba was the first prime minister of the democratic republic of congo at the age of 34. He was also an independence leader who helped in the transformation of Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.
He was jailed and arrested under the dictatorship of Mobutu Seko. He was assassinated in 1960 and his body is said to have been disintegrated with acid in an attempt to prevent him from being buried and having a pilgrimage site. the tooth was allegedly pulled from Lumumba corpse by a policeman who helped dispose of his body.
A DNA test couldn’t be conducted on the tooth, but judicial officials were certain it belonged to Lumumba. Juliana Lumumba, daughter of the hero, told DW the Lumumba are extremely happy with this news.
She made the following declarations; “My first reaction is, of course, that this is a great victory,” Lumumba said, “because at last, 60 years after his death, the mortal remains of my father, who died for his country and its independence and for the dignity of Black people, will return to the land of his ancestors.”.
Patrice Lumumba assassination is referred to as a lost democracy.