The president of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, asks the leader of the coup leaders Captain Ibrahim Traoré "to come to his senses to avoid a fratricidal war
. Burkina Faso does not need this".
This was stated by Damiba in a post on the Facebook page of the Burkina Faso presidency.
Last night, just eight months after the last coup, President Damiba was reportedly dismissed by the coup leaders led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré.
"People of Burkina Faso - underlines Damib - the tragic events that are going through our country at this time are at the origin of the spread of false information orchestrated with the aim of manipulating the population by manipulating it to the detriment of the interests of the nation
. I formally deny that I have taken refuge. in a
French base in Kamboincé. They try to manipulate opinion ", he explains again.
"I appeal to the civilian population to stay calm and at home."
Damiba denied hiding in the French base of Kamboinsin, where according to the rebels he was organizing a counter-offensive, and spoke of a widespread rumor to "manipulate public opinion".
Damiba had in turn seized power in a coup d'état last January, overthrowing a civilian government deemed by the army not sufficiently resolute in the fight against the jihadist offensive that is bleeding the entire Sahel.
Before Damiba reappeared, the general staff of the Burkinabé army had denied his deposition and had stated that there was not a coup underway but an "internal crisis" in the armed forces.
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People gather to protest the military coup after the Burkina Faso army