Chief of Army Staff of Benin Republic and the Chief of the National Guard have been released from the detention of mutinous soldiers who held them hostage during Sunday’s failed coup attempt.
Their release was confirmed by security analyst, Brant Grant in a statement posted on X on Monday.
“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,” he wrote.
Their release comes as President Patrice Talon, in a nationwide broadcast, announced that his government had restored full control following the unrest.
Talon and several senior military officials were earlier seized in Cotonou by mutinous soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri.
