Benin’s President Talon Safe, Loyal Forces Regain Control After Coup Scare

Benin’s President Patrice Talon is confirmed safe, and security forces are rapidly restoring order after a brief military faction claimed to have removed him from power, the presidency announced on Sunday.

Dependable NG reports that in a brief, assertive statement, the presidency dismissed the soldiers’ declaration as the isolated actions of a fringe group with severely limited influence.

The statement read: “This is a small group of individuals who only managed to seize the television station. The regular army is steadily regaining control. Both the city and the entire country remain completely secure.”

This clarification follows an earlier dramatic broadcast by soldiers identifying themselves as the “Military Committee for Refoundation,” who declared that Talon had been removed from his position.

The government has since described the broadcast as an isolated disruption, successfully assuring citizens that the situation is decisively under control and order has been restored by loyal forces.