Alassane Diop was a Minister of Information in Guinea who was arrested and held in Camp Boiro for ten years, returning to Senegal after his release.
[1] Diop was Senegalese in origin and was trained as an electrical engineer.
[3] He was named by President Sékou Touré as head of a commission to investigate foreign invaders in the interior of Guinea.
Toure thanked him for his work, and gave him 15 days of leave in Bulgaria.
While he was absent, a new commission headed by Ismaël Touré concluded that there were in fact invaders, and that Diop was an accomplice.