President Bola Tinubu has commended the Nigerian Armed Forces for their swift intervention in Benin Republic following an attempted military coup in the neighboring country.
Tinubu’s reaction came after loyalist forces in Benin, supported by Nigerian Troops and Air Assets, dislodged soldiers who seized the country’s National Television station at the early hours of Sunday and claimed to have toppled President Patrice talon.
Recall that the Government of Benin formally requested Nigeria’s military assistance in two separate communications after coup plotters led by cornel Pascal Tigri announced the suspension of democratic institutions.