By The Murder, Arrest & Legacy of Patrice Lumumba A Betrayal Of Independence
December 1st, 2024 will mark 63 years ago, when Lumumba was arrested by his best friend, Joseph Mobutu who also doubles as his killer, under the directive of the West and Colonialists. The West can spread lies about Africa as a poor and struggling continent, a few of us know the truth about how the West systematically, and continuously destroyed Africa, undermining its ability to develop for their selfish goal. We are very much aware of the West divide and rule approach, using the worst of us to backstab the best of us.
Till this day, Congo has known no peace. Mubutu is gone, Congolese are the ones suffering from his order of over 62 years ago. Because, Congolese who ought to have fought for Lumumba looked away, and allowed Mubutu have his way.
On December 1, 1960, Patrice Lumumba, the inaugural Prime Minister of an independent Congo, endured one of the most unsettling arrests in contemporary history.
Lumumba had been a towering symbol in Congo’s struggle for liberation, a visionary who pledged freedom from Belgian colonial dominance. Yet post-independence, true sovereignty remained out of reach—Belgium still controlled the nation’s wealth, mines, and military. Recognizing this deception, Lumumba committed himself to dismantling these lingering colonial influences. His alliance with the Soviet Union, however, branded him as a communist threat in the eyes of the West amid the Cold War.
JOSEPH MOBUTU (RHS) was Patrice Lumumba’s best friend and Killer. www.africannugget.com
Once a close ally and confidant, Joseph Mobutu, who had once fought alongside Lumumba, became swayed by promises of power. Eventually, he betrayed him. On that fateful day, soldiers stormed in, clasping iron cuffs on Lumumba’s wrists. Even as a captive, he carried himself with grace, surrounded by former comrades who had once been devoted to him but were now ordered to silence him.
The streets, once alive with crowds chanting Lumumba’s name, grew eerily quiet as he was loaded into a military truck. The soldiers, too, were subdued, feeling the gravity of their actions, knowing they had betrayed the man who had once embodied Congo’s dreams. Yet Lumumba’s journey was far from over, his legacy destined to echo for generations to come.
In a harrowing admission, Gérard Soete revealed his role in the brutal mutilation and disposal of Patrice Lumumba’s remains. “I divided Lumumba into 34 pieces and dissolved his body in acid,” he confessed. He recalled how he and others consumed alcohol heavily beforehand, seeking the nerve for such a horrifying act. “The most difficult part was cutting them up with a chainsaw, then pouring acid over the remains. Only a few teeth were left,” he added. Even after washing himself three times, Soete admitted he still felt “filthy, like a savage.”
These revelations came on May 15, 2002—forty years after Lumumba’s assassination. Reflecting on this atrocity, one might conclude: “Hell is empty, and the devils walk among us.” It is darkly ironic that the perpetrators of such cruelty would later claim to teach the world about human rights.
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