– Efforts Thwafted, Says Presidency
A group of soldiers announced the dissolution of the government during a broadcast on Benin’s State TV on Sunday.
Amid military takeover rumors, the President Talon has been declared safe. The attempted coup has been thwafted as loyalist forces to the federal government gradually regain control from the rebels, and order is being restored across the capital.
The presidency of Benin has said that President Patrice Talon is safe and that the army is gradually regaining control following an attempted coup.
The announcement comes after a group of military officers appeared on Benin national television on Sunday morning, claiming to have removed the president and dissolved all state departments and institutions.
The officers, identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation, were reportedly led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri.
According to reports from Beninese media outlet, TchadOne, the group attacked President Talon’s residence in the Le Guézo neighborhood and took control of the national television station, where Tigri declared himself “chairman of the military re-establishment committee.”
“This is a small group of people who only control the television,” the presidency said, adding that: “The regular army is regaining control. The city and the country are completely secure.”
Earlier on Sunday, Lieutenant Tigri spoke to the National Television to announce the military takeover of power from the presidency.

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