BREAKING: Benin Republic Declares Coup Leader, Two Others Wanted

Lt Col. Pascal Tigri and two other soldiers, have been declared wanted by Benin Republic over a failed coup in the West African country.

Earlier, Tori News reported that Tigri failed in his attempt to oust the administration of President Patrice Talon.

Following his failure, the country’s constitutional authorities declared him wanted on Monday.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this in a post on 𝕏.

Recall that the Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of the National Guard of the Benin Republic, who were taken hostage during Sunday’s failed coup attempt, have been released, according to a security analyst.

Brant Philip, in a statement posted on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Monday, confirmed their freedom.

“The Beninese Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of Staff of the National Guard have been freed after they were taken hostage by the mutineers during the coup yesterday,” Philip wrote.

The military officers were among the top officials detained during the brief but tense uprising led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri in the capital, Cotonou.

Their release came shortly before President Patrice Talon addressed the nation in a televised broadcast, declaring that the government had regained full control of the situation.

Mutinous soldiers briefly held Talon himself along with several senior security officials before loyal forces intervened.