Diarra and former administrative and financial director Amadou Diop were remanded in custody on the evening of 30 October after appearing before the criminal chamber of Bamako’s Court of Appeal.
On 31 October, investigative newspaper Le Soft disclosed that two reports by the Supreme Court’s accounts section had identified irregularities in the auditor-general’s office during 2004–2010. The case concerns the stewardship of the watchdog’s own resources. The precise charges and the defendants’ responses had not been publicly clarified by the cutoff; neither man had been convicted in this proceeding.