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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Jean Paul Twagirayezu, the Director in charge of General Affairs in Nyabihu District, over allegations of illicit enrichment and failure to declare assets to the Office of the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Sunday, 7 December, the bureau said the suspect is being held at the RIB Rwezamenyo Station in Kigali, while the case is being prepared for submission to the Public Prosecution.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic servants required by law to declare their assets must provide complete and truthful information. Non-compliance is punishable under the law,\u201d RIB warned.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Jean Paul Twagirayezu, the Director in charge of General Affairs in Nyabihu District, over allegations of illicit enrichment and failure to declare assets to the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement released on Sunday, 7 December, the bureau said the suspect is being held at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8479,320,6412,5346,1479,758],"class_list":["post-116888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-asset-declaration","tag-crime","tag-illicit-enrichment","tag-nyabihu","tag-rib","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nDistrict official arrested over illicit enrichment - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Jean Paul Twagirayezu, the Director in charge of General Affairs in Nyabi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"District official arrested over illicit enrichment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Jean Paul Twagirayezu, the Director in charge of General Affairs in Nyabi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-07T15:43:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-07T15:56:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1765110182.572503.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"District official arrested over illicit enrichment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-07T15:43:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-07T15:56:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1765110182.572503.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Asset declaration\",\"Crime\",\"Illicit enrichment\",\"Nyabihu\",\"RIB\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/district-official-arrested-over-illicit-enrichment\",\"name\":\"District official arrested over illicit enrichment - 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