Guinea Bissau Attempted Coup: What Buhari Has To Say

Guinea Bissau Attempted Coup: What Buhari Has To Say

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Tuesday’s coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau.

Recall that soldiers on Tuesday fired heavy gunfire near a government compound where the president was leading a cabinet meeting.

Onyxnewsng gathered that the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu made President Buhari’s message known in a press release.

According to Shehu in the press release, “The President condemned the attempt to subvert the established constitutional order in Guinea Bissau.”

The Nigerian leader also congratulated President Umaro Embalo of Guinea-Bissau on surviving the coup attempt.

He commended the loyal troops in Guinea-Bissau for the show of patriotism leading to their “spectacular victory” over the disloyal elements of the military.

The statement read that, Mr Buhari on Tuesday evening spoke with the Guinea-Bissau leader shortly after the military attempt to overthrow his government.

Extending goodwill and support to President Embalo, the Nigerian leader said, “I look forward to working with you to strengthen the existing bilateral ties between our sisterly nations, and the defence and promotion of democracy and its values throughout the sub-region, and the entire continent.”

Both regional bodies and the United Nations condemned the act, describing it as an attempted coup.

President Embalo also described it as a failed attack against democracy.

He said many members of his own security forces had been killed while some of the perpetrators had been arrested.