Nigeria, ECOWAS, UN condemn Guinea coup

06 Sep Nigeria, ECOWAS, UN condemn Guinea coup

The Federal Government has rejected Sunday’s overthrow of the Alpha Condé regime in Guinea.

Members of an elite military corp led by Mamady Doumbouya, a colonel, had opened fire on the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry, and taken President Alpha Condé into custody. They later said they had taken control of the French speaking West African country in an apparent coup.

Nigeria’s foreign ministry on Sunday said the coup was a violation of the ECOWAS protocol to which Guinea is signatory to.

“The Nigerian government is saddened by the apparent coup d’etat that has taken place in the Republic of Guinea today, in clear violation of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The government of Nigeria strongly condemns and rejects any unconstitutional change of government and therefore calls on those behind the coup to restore constitutional order without delay and protect lives and property.”

Also, in a tweet, UN secretary-general, António Guterres, also condemned “any takeover of the government by force of the gun.” He called for “the immediate release of President Alpha Condé.”