 By doing so, DRC officials were accomplishing the "verbal testimony" of the deceased President.Then Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo and Kabila's aide-de-camp Eddy Kapend reported that Kabila had told them that his son Joseph, then number two of the army, should take over, if he were to die in office.The investigation into Kabila's assassination led to 135 people – including four children – being tried before a special military tribunal.