The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Eliezer Feleshi, on Wednesday said he had not yet received the file from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation concerning the case against the Burundian opposition party leader, Alexis Sinduhije, in order to open a case in court.

"The case is not yet mature, because, if it was, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have sent the file to us to open the case.

"The DPP is not concerned with investigative affairs, this case is currently being handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Mr Felishi told the 'Daily News' yesterday over the phone.

Speaking to this newspaper, Sinduhije's counsel, Habas Nyange, said that he was not aware of the fate of his client. "I am just like you journalists, I have been coming to Kisutu Resident Magistrates' Court waiting for my client but to no avail.

"I cannot talk to my client properly as I can only talk to him more freely once he is taken to court yet I'm not being informed when he will be brought to court - so he could even be brought to court without my knowledge and then remanded, it is a very difficult situation," complained Nyange.

Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander, Suleiman Kova, confirmed that Sinduhije was still in police custody at the Central Police Station but could not comment further. Meanwhile, reporters yesterday flocked the Kisutu Resident Magistrates' Court waiting for the accused man up to 2 pm but he did not show up for the fourth time.

Back home, Mr Sinduhije's political party is opposed to the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza. He fled to France in 2010 after a disputed election that year that led to unrests. However, last Wednesday he was arrested as he was entering Dar es Salaam reportedly on his way to Uganda. According to his lawyer, Habas Nyange, in Dar es Salaam, Burundi authorities accuse Sinduhije of involvement in a murder which happened several years ago and are working to have him extradited.