Benin Republic Confirms Failed Coup as Army Restores Order, President Talon Safe
Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, has announced that an attempted coup has been foiled after a small group of soldiers briefly seized the national television station and declared President Patrice Talon removed from office. The coup plotters, led by Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri under the name “Military Committee for Refoundation,” also attacked the president’s residence in Le Guézo before loyalist forces regained control.
The presidency confirmed that President Talon is unharmed and that the military has secured the capital. The incident adds to West Africa's growing wave of coups, coming less than a year after two of Talon’s close associates were jailed for a separate coup plot involving bribery of the presidential guard commander.
Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, has announced that an attempted coup has been foiled after a small group of soldiers briefly seized the national television station and declared President Patrice Talon removed from office. The coup plotters, led by Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri under the name “Military Committee for Refoundation,” also attacked the president’s residence in Le Guézo before loyalist forces regained control.
The presidency confirmed that President Talon is unharmed and that the military has secured the capital. The incident adds to West Africa's growing wave of coups, coming less than a year after two of Talon’s close associates were jailed for a separate coup plot involving bribery of the presidential guard commander.
Benin Republic Confirms Failed Coup as Army Restores Order, President Talon Safe
Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, has announced that an attempted coup has been foiled after a small group of soldiers briefly seized the national television station and declared President Patrice Talon removed from office. The coup plotters, led by Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri under the name “Military Committee for Refoundation,” also attacked the president’s residence in Le Guézo before loyalist forces regained control.
The presidency confirmed that President Talon is unharmed and that the military has secured the capital. The incident adds to West Africa's growing wave of coups, coming less than a year after two of Talon’s close associates were jailed for a separate coup plot involving bribery of the presidential guard commander.
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