COTONOU, Benin — A bunch of troopers has appeared on Benin ’s state TV asserting the dissolution of the federal government in an obvious coup, the newest of many in West Africa.
The group, which known as itself the Army Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday introduced the elimination of the president and all state establishments.
Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri has been appointed president of the navy committee, the troopers mentioned.
President Patrice Talon had been in energy since 2016 and was attributable to step down subsequent April after the presidential election.
Talon’s social gathering decide, former Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, was the favourite to win the election. Opposition candidate Renaud Agbodjo was rejected by the electoral fee on the grounds that he didn’t have adequate sponsors.
Final month, the nation’s legislature prolonged the presidential time period of workplace from 5 to seven years, conserving the time period restrict at two.
The coup is the newest in a string of navy takeovers which have rocked West Africa. Final week, a navy coup in Guinea-Bissau eliminated former President Umaro Embalo after a contested election by which each he and the opposition candidate declared themselves winners.
