FILE – Benin’s President Patrice Talon attends a gathering with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Could 23, 2024.
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COTONOU, Benin — A gaggle of troopers has appeared on Benin’s state TV asserting the dissolution of the federal government in an obvious coup, the most recent of many in West Africa.
The group, which referred to as itself the Navy 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 stated.
President Patrice Talon had been in energy since 2016 and was attributable to step down subsequent April after the presidential election.
Talon’s celebration 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 ample sponsors.
Final month, the nation’s legislature prolonged the presidential time period of workplace from 5 to seven years, maintaining the time period restrict at two.
The coup is the most recent 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 during which each he and the opposition candidate declared themselves winners.
