Prominent Congolese businessman and one-time presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi is back home after three years in political exile.
Moise Katumbi arrived Monday in his hometown of Lubumbashi where he stepped out of his private jet dressed in all white.
Katumbi had been sentenced in absentia to three years in prison on real estate fraud charges he said were politically motivated. Katumbi said repeatedly he feared for his life under the regime of former President Joseph Kabila and at one point accused the government of trying to poison him. The Kabila administration denied the allegation.
Katumbi was blocked from taking part in the presidential election to replace Kabila late last year.
Katumbi, along with another opposition heavyweight politician, Jean Pierre Bemba, supported Martin Fayulu, in the election won by opposition candidate, Felix Tshisekedi
