Cika wannan jumla: Bisa ga RDP, a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2008, a lokacin
A lokacin da ake fama tsakanin dakarun gwamnati da 'yan tawaye don iko da N'Djamena, jami'an tsaron shugaban kasa, wadanda suka "yi aiki da mummunan zalunci", sun kama Choua kuma suka tafi da shi 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.