Emmanuel Akimotu
speaker
55 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 10 Jun
Emmanuel Akimotu’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
The soldiers took over the state broadcaster and announced in a live address they had deposed President Patrice Talon.
Gunshots were heard near the president's residence in the capital Port Novo.
But later on Sunday, the interior minister announced they had regained control and a government spokesperson told the AFP news agency that the president was safe.
Talon has been in power since 2016 and was due to step down next April after elections.
He has faced accusations of authoritarianism, but attempted military coups in the region have grown common, and last year Benin's government said it had rested with multiple officials for planning a takeover.
Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
We've just been witnessing one of the largest and most violent mass demolitions this year in Lagos.
Bulldozers have been crushing thousands of homes and businesses over the last month at a waterfront community called Oworonshoki.
Residents have been searching the rubble for the few belongings that they can salvage.
This morning, police and armed men came and torched many of the destroyed structures and even burnt heaps of belongings that the residents had scraped together.
These residents lived on what the government and a local traditional ruler here considers prime real estate.
The community had taken them to court and had won injunctions preventing any demolitions without first being consulted and rehoused.
But the demolitions continued regardless.
Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
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