The orchestrators of Africa’s
latest coup which was carried out in Burkina Faso on Thursday, September 17,
have been ordered to surrender.
According
to the BBC, the order was made by Burkina Faso’s military chiefs who demanded
that the leaders of last week’s coup disarm, saying that the army is marching
on Ouagadougou, the state capital.
The
coup which has been highly condemned by several nations around the world has
caused Burkina Faso a suspension from the United Nations.
It is
worthy to note that on Friday, September 18, Muhammadu Buhari, the president of
Nigeria, condemned the coup d’etat.
According
to a statement made by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi
Adesina, Buhari and the federal government aligned with ECOWAS, the African
Union and the United Nations in rejecting “the brazen contravention of
the constitution and transitional charter of Burkina Faso by elements of the
Presidential Guard under the leadership of General Gilbert Diendere”.
There
have been series of protests in the wake of the coup, and reports show that these
protests have led to violent clashes with over ten people dead and several
scores injured.
Many
protesters could be seen on the streets, burning tyres in demonstration of
their displeasure.
The
coup plotters have been offered a chance to surrender in exchange for
guaranteed safety.
Over
weekend, a delegation of regional mediators reportedly said there had been a
breakthrough, hinting that the transitional government could return.
But
the BBC informs that the proposed deal was later rejected by the speaker for
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament.
It is recalled that on Thursday, September 17, the
presidential guard as led by General Diendere, who was the chief of staff to
Blaise Compaore, led coup in which President Michel Kafando was arrested alongside
Yacouba Zida, the interim prime minister.
The
coup was carried out in the landlocked former French colony, barely one month
before elections had been due.
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