After being held captive during Sunday’s abortive coup attempt, the Chief of the National Guard and the Chief of Army Staff of the Benin Republic have been freed.
In a statement published on X on Monday, security analyst Brant Grant affirmed their release.
“The National Guard Chief of Staff and the Beninese Chief of Army Staff, who were held captive by the mutineers during yesterday’s coup, have been released,” he tweeted.
Their release coincides with President Patrice Talon’s announcement in a national broadcast that his government had regained complete authority in the wake of the disturbance.
Mutinous soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri had earlier captured Talon and a number of top military officers in Cotonou.
The event is the latest in a string of coups and attempted takeovers that have been documented in West Africa, including Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
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