He remained with the army after Congolese independence in 1960 in the re-formed Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC).

He remained loyal to the government at Léopoldville during the Congo Crisis and participated in the repression of the Katanga secession after 1963.

The mutiny was apparently sparked by rumours that the former Katangese leader Moïse Tshombe would return to the country from exile, and was only repressed by force in September.

[2] In the aftermath of the killing, "Colonel Tshatshi" was celebrated as a hero by the Mobutu regime.

Today the camp houses the command of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.