CONAKRY: Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has been detained and driven away by a group of coup officers from his elite special forces.
Col. Doumbouya stormed the Presidential palace and took President Alpha Conde into custody, multiple reports say.
Col. Doumbouya stormed the Presidential palace and took President Alpha Conde into custody, multiple reports say.
The 83-year-old Conde won a controversial third term in November last year amid allegations of rigging.
Col. Doumbouy returned to the country in 2018 after serving and training with the French forces.
A soldier described as a “hothead” because of his last tug of war with the Minister of Defense over his desire to be a part of the unit that he has led for four years.
According to the same sources established in the Malian capital, the “putschists” are currently facing the presidential bodyguards.
Guinean army has closed the acces to the peninsulla of Kaloum.
