Kammala wannan magana: A cewar Oba, jam'iyyarsa ta kashe fiye da biliyan CFA francs a yakin neman zaben 2007. Yawan kashe kudi ya fusata mutane da yawa, saboda ba a san inda kudin ya fito ba. Oba ya musanta jita-jitar cewa ya karkatar da kudi daga SOTELCO don tallafawa yakin neman zaben jam'iyyarsa; a daidai wannan lokacin, ya ce SOTELCO ba ta karɓi wani tallafi daga jihar ba tun ƙarshen mulkin mallaka.
Ya ce a lokacin yakin basasa na shekarar 1997, shi ne kawai daga cikin manyan kamfanoni biyar na Congo-Brazzaville da ba su amfana da tallafi ba a wannan lokacin. Ya lura cewa yawancin ƙarfin fasaha na kamfanin ya lalace a lokacin yakin kuma ya ce ana buƙatar biliyan 22 na CFA don gyara cibiyar sadarwa a Brazzaville, ya kara da cewa SOTELCO na buƙatar inganta ayyukan don ci gaba da gasa a cikin yanayin sassaucin tattalin arziki.