Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cewar RDP, a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2008, yayin yaƙi tsakanin sojojin gwamnati da 'yan tawaye
don kula da N'Djamena, an kama Choua da membobin masu tsaron shugaban kasa, wadanda "suka yi aiki tare da mummunan zalunci", kuma suka tafi a bayan motar. Bayan nuna damuwa na kasa da kasa game da makomar Choua da wasu 'yan siyasa biyu na adawa (Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh da Ngarlejy Yorongar) wadanda aka ruwaito cewa an kama su, Ministan Cikin Gida Ahmat Mahamat Bachir ya ce a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu cewa an "same" Choua kuma yana da rai. Hakanan a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Faransa ta ce an ba jakadan Faransa a Chadi izinin ziyartar Choua, wanda ake tsare da shi a kurkukun soja. A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, Ministan Sadarwa, Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor, ya ce ana tsare da Choua tare da fursunonin yaƙi. Ministan Harkokin Waje Ahmad Allam-Mi ya ce a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu cewa an gano Choua yana aiki tare da 'yan tawaye a cikin "flagrant délit" kuma an tsare shi don bincike. RDP ta yi tir da wannan da'awar.