Historian Gérard Prunier in a 2009 publication states that Numbi, along with Augustin Katumba Mwanke, Samba Kaputo, Kalume and Marcellin Cishambo, are the "old palace guard" who "are the ones actually running things" in the Congolese government.
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Numbi, then commander of the Congolese air force, was sent in Goma to negotiate with CNDP commander Laurent Nkunda.
A recurring theme is the failure of the police chief, General John Numbi, to appear and offer an explanation.
John Numbi, Inspector General of the Democratic Republic of the Congo police
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The government leaders included General John Numbi and the young General Joseph Kabila, soon to become President, who escaped by air.