The Chief of Army Staff of Benin Republic and the Chief of the National Guard have been released after being held hostage during Sunday’s failed coup attempt.
Security analyst Brant Grant confirmed their freedom 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.
The incident adds to a series of recent coups and attempted takeovers recorded in West Africa, including in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea-Bissau.
