Benin: the government claims to have foiled a plan to destabilize the country
For the government, the barricades in Benin were part of a plan to destabilize the country (Illustrative image).
AFP - YANICK FOLLY
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The day after the publication of the results of the presidential election won in the first round by the outgoing Head of State Patrice Talon, the Minister of the Interior attributes the murderous violence to “
certain political actors
”.
He accuses them of having planned a vast plan of destabilization which has been thwarted.
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In a brief statement read to the press early this morning, the Minister of the Interior made it clear that those who demonstrated on April 6 wanted to oust Patrice Talon from power and to install a transitional government.
According to him, terrorist acts were planned in Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Abomey-Calavi and Parakou.
He explains that the barricades erected to block the two axes that connect the south to the north, were intended to cut the country in two.
Some sponsors are under arrest, others on the run.
They are accused of having recruited mercenaries, young people and hunters whom they armed with hunting rifles and weapons of war.
"
Writers gifted in fabrications
" for the opposition
Minister Sacca Lafia puts the army and the police out of the question.
The shots heard would be warning shots.
This detail on the balance sheet, 21 wounded on the security and defense forces side.
On the civilian victim side, the minister said: "
There are reports of two assailants who lost their lives, however no body was found and no declaration of death was recorded
."
"
The Talon government is swarming with scriptwriters gifted in fabrications and lies,
" mocked an opponent who said he was waiting for the next episode.
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