US EditionBenin Coup Attempt: Ringleader Lt Col Pascal Tigri Hiding in Togo, Official Tells BBC
Benin seeks extradition of Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri from Togo after a failed coup attempt was swiftly thwarted with support from Nigerian and French forces.
- On Wednesday, Benin asked Togo to extradite Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri, who Beninese officials told Reuters was hiding in Lomé 2.
- Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri led the last week coup attempt alongside eight uniformed men calling themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation, citing grievances about soldiers' treatment and cuts to health care, tax rises and curbs on political activity.
- Benin's armed forces, supported regionally and by France, quickly halted the mutiny, arresting at least 14 people while foreign troops remain controlling key government buildings.
- President Patrice Talon denounced the attempt, saying `This treachery will not go unpunished`, while Nigeria called the coup a `direct assault on democracy`; Togo's government has not yet commented on Benin's extradition request.
- The failed coup follows other West African takeovers, raising regional democracy concerns as Benin's domestic democratic institutions have been hollowed since 2016 in a country of nearly 15 million people.
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The Beninese authorities are working to arrest this lieutenant-colonel who took the lead in a mutiny on the night of 6-7 December. From the ranks of the army to the group of the Special Forces, he managed to climb the ranks without ever awakening suspicions.
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Reuters, citing sources in Benin, reported that Pascal Tigre, the officer who led last Sunday's failed coup attempt, is in neighboring Togo. According to the same sources, the coup leader fled Benin secretly across the Mono River before reaching Lomé. Tigre has settled in a neighborhood of the Togolese capital where President Faure Gnassingbé resides. Benin has demanded that its neighbor hand over the coup leader, with the government stating th…
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