| Aaron Wilibona | |
| Birth Place: | Bangui |
| Nationality: | Central African Republic |
| Order1: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 2005 |
| Term End1: | 2011 |
| Constituency1: | 8th arrondissement, Bangui |
| Successor1: | Jules Bernard Ouandé[1] |
| Order2: | Director of cabinet of Ministry of Public Health |
| Term Start2: | 2011 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Order3: | Anti-balaka commander |
| Term Start3: | 2014 or earlier |
| Term End3: | 2015 or later |
Aaron Wilibona (or Ouilibona) alias "Coxis" – is a former Central African representative, military commander of Anti-balaka, suspected of killing French journalist Camille Lepage.
He is a cousin of former president François Bozizé[2] and a younger brother of Maxime Mokom.[3]
He used to be a chieff of staff of two ministers under the regime of Patassé and Bozizé.[4] In the 2005 Central African general election he was elected to the National Assembly from the 8th arrondissement in Bangui, having received 7,508 or 40.44% of all votes. He was elected as a member of Kwa Na Kwa party.[5] In 2009 he was elected President of the Kwa Na Kwa parliamentary group.[6] In September 2010 Wilibona was reportedly regularly traversing Bangui with a submachine gun looking for information and speaking with mercenaries.[7] In 2011 he was a director of cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health.[8]
Following the outbreak of the Central African Republic Civil War he joined the Anti-balaka militias. In January 2014 he reportedly took over the Cantonnier/Béloko border crossing together with Rochael Mokom alias ‘Colonel Rocco’. On 28 April he was reportedly in charge of Anti-balaka militias between Cantonnier and Bouar.[9] He was accused of murder of French journalist Camille Lepage in May 2014 for which he was arrested by Central African authorities. On 7 July 2015 he escaped the Ngaragba prison in Bangui after which he fled to Garoua-Boulaï in Cameroon. His personal lawyer, Raymond Ndakala, was accused of helping him in escape.[10] On 5 September 2015 he reportedly arrived in Berbérati accompanied by eight Anti-balaka fighters.[11]
On 12 September 2020 he was arrested by the Cameroonian air and border police as he was returning from a trip to Bangui and placed in pre-trial detention in Kondengui. He is accused of dishonestly obtaining 481,000,000 CFA francs stored in various bank accounts.[4]