"I declare a state of emergency throughout the country ... as well as the dissolution of the Sovereign Council and the Cabinet of Ministers," RIA Novosti quoted him in a televised address.
Also, some points of the constitutional declaration in force since 2019 are terminated.
Earlier, the publication of Al Hadath previously reported about the house arrest of the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamduk.
It is also reported that the ministers of communications, information, finance, and industry are among the detainees.
The entrances and exits from the capital are blocked by the military.
Later it was reported that the US authorities expressed concern about reports of the military takeover of the transitional government of Sudan.