Thomas Nady
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A group of soldiers stormed the state TV and then...
announced that they had ousted President Patrice Talon and dissolved all state institutions and suspended the constitution.
But we do know that Benin itself has been facing some form of political tensions ahead of elections in April next year.
Some key opposition figures have been excluded and there's some imprisoned in the country.
So that has created some form of a
But the coup leader, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigre, they did indicate that the reason why they decided to take this bold move was because of mismanagement by the government and also the worsening security situation in the north of the country.
We know that al-Qaeda-linked Jenin militants have inflicted severe casualties within the military.
The soldiers have not really been happy about it, and it's also one of the reasons why they decided to attempt the coup.
Yes, order has now been restored.
President Talon on Sunday evening addressed the nation and said that everything is now completely under control and then vowed to punish perpetrators of this particular coup attempt.
He also did indicate that there were still some hostages being held by fleeing soldiers and then some fatalities were recorded, but he didn't indicate the exact number of people
who died in the coup attempt.
But it is instructive to note that late Sunday afternoon, there were heavy explosions in the capital, which suggested airstrikes.
Later, a Nigerian presidency statement confirmed that its ground troops and air force were in action in Benin.
They had helped
the soldiers in Benin to flash out the coup plotters from the state TV and then also a military base where they had regrouped.
We also know that regional bloc ECOWAS has said it was deploying troops to Benin with immediate effect to secure the country.
The response to this particular coup was very swift and effective, unlike the previous coups that took place in countries like Niger, where ECOWAS had threatened to intervene, in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea.
and more recently in Guinea-Bissau.
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