Coup Plot Foiled in Burkina Faso; Former Leader Damiba Named as Mastermind, Minister Says
Coup Plot Foiled in Burkina Faso; Former Leader Damiba Named as Mastermind, Minister Says
The following details were shared in a televised video message by Burkina Faso Security Minister Mahamadou Sana:
▪The “attempt to destabilize the country” was planned for January 3.
▪The plotters intended to assassinate Ibrahim Traoré and several military and civilian officials, disable a “drone base,” and follow up with a “ground military intervention by foreign forces.”
▪The “main actor” is Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the former transitional president ousted by Ibrahim Traoré on September 30, 2022, and now exiled in Togo.
▪“A significant portion of the funding came from Côte d’Ivoire, with the latest contribution reportedly amounting to 70 million.”
▪Investigations and arrests are ongoing; numerous civilians have also been detained.
▪The situation is currently under control, and all those involved “will be brought before the Prosecutor of the Faso. The full force of the law will be applied.”
The minister pledged to release to the media “confession videos from interrogations of key individuals involved.”
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