The government of Benin Republic has announced that President Patrice Talon is safe and that loyalist forces are restoring order following a brief coup scare on Sunday.
In a statement, the presidency dismissed the earlier declaration by a faction of soldiers as the action of a “small group of individuals who only managed to seize the television station.”
“The regular army is steadily regaining control. Both the city and the entire country remain completely secure,” the statement said, seeking to reassure citizens after soldiers identifying as the “Military Committee for Refoundation” had announced Talon’s removal in a broadcast.
The government described the incident as an isolated disruption and stated that the situation is now under control. This development comes hours after initial reports of an attack on the president’s residence and the seizure of national television.
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