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Benin prosecutors said Wednesday that the Republican Guard commander, a former sports minister and a businessman had been arrested on suspicion of planning a \u201ccoup d\u2019etat\u201d in the small West African nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elonm Mario Metonou, the special prosecutor at Benin\u2019s court for financial crimes and terrorism, said the alleged coup was planned to take place on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt appears the Republican Guard commander in charge of the president\u2019s security was engaged by the minister Oswald Homeky and Olivier Boko in order to carry out a coup by force on September 27, 2024,\u201d the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court said Homeky was detained at around 1:00 am on Tuesday as he was handing over six bags of cash totalling 1.5 billion West African CFA francs ($2.5 million) to the commander, Djimon Dieudonne Tevoedjre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boko, known as a longtime friend of President Patrice Talon, was arrested separately overnight Monday to Tuesday in Benin\u2019s economic capital of Cotonou, the court said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had recently started indicating that he would make a run for the presidency in 2026, when Talon\u2019s second term in office ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benin security forces have been on high alert after a series of attacks linked to violence from a jihadist uprising with its origins in the Sahel region that has spilled across its borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once seen as a thriving multi-party democracy, Benin has become increasingly authoritarian since Talon came to power in 2016, critics say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, an online critic of the president, Steve Amoussou, was detained and ordered to stand trial later this year on allegations of publishing falsehoods and \u201cinciting rebellion\u201d, judicial sources told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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