Guinea: Coup plotters say they have arrested President Conte – Watch the videos they posted

Its special forces Guinea claimed today that they had arrested the country’s president Alpha Conte and They “abolished” the institutions, in a video sent to a correspondent of the French Agency, while the Reuters agency broadcasts that videos posted on social media depict President Alfa Conte being a prisoner of the special forces.

However, the Guinean Ministry of Defense announced that it repulsed the attack of the special forces men against the presidential palace, while Reuters notes that it is not able to directly confirm the authenticity of the videos depicting Alpha Conte prisoner and were posted after hours of exchange. around the presidential palace in Konakri.

“We decided after the arrest of the president, who is currently with us (…) to repeal the current Constitution, to abolish the institutions; we also decided to dissolve the government and close the borders, on the ground and in the air,” said one uniformed and armed coup leader in this statement, which was widely circulated on social media, but has not been broadcast on national television.

The coup leaders distributed a video depicting President Conte in their arms. They ask him if he was abused and Alfa Conte, who wears jeans and a shirt and sits on a sofa, refuses to answer.

For its part, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement that “insurgents sowed fear” in Konakri before heading to the presidential palace, but “the presidential guard, backed by the defense and security forces, retained the threat and repulsed the group of attackers ”.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the security forces are currently restoring order in Konakri.