By RFIPosted 02-03-2019Modified on 02-03-2019 at 16:51

In Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou inaugurated on Saturday, March 2, the giant statue of Captain Thomas Sankara in the presence of the Burkinabe president and former Ghanaian President John Jerry Rawlings.

This statue of President Thomas Sankara and the bust of his twelve companions was made by a group of Burkinabe sculptors under the supervision of Jean-Luc Bambara. " It is five meters high on a base of four meters, which is a total of nine meters, " he says.

The unveiling of the work is an important step in the construction process of the Thomas Sankara Memorial, according to Colonel Major Bernard Sanou, President of the International Thomas Sankara Memorial Committee.

A step hailed by Lydie Sankara, younger sister of the father of the Burkinabe revolution who is still waiting for the outcome of the legal proceedings. " We now want justice for all these victims of October 15, " she says. May all the light be made and the guilty ones fall .

For Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the ideas and actions of Captain Thomas Sankara must be perpetuated for future generations. " Through all of these works, we must through all the work he has done for this country, the personal commitment beyond his life, draw all the lessons for ourselves. and for generations to come, launched the Burkinabe president. The search for justice is under way and we are hopeful that we will manage to ensure that this case can finally be heard and that those responsible are known . "

The statue was built on the very spot where on October 15, 1987, the father of the Burkinabe revolution and his comrades were murdered. A site that the Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré visited with former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings.

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