Togo expels alleged leader of Burkina Faso's foiled coup: sources

Abidjan: Burkina Faso s former transitional president and the alleged mastermind behind various coup plots in the country was arrested in neighbouring...

Abidjan: Burkina Faso's former transitional president and the alleged mastermind behind various coup plots in the country was arrested in neighbouring Togo and expelled, sources close to the case said Monday.

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was arrested last week in Lome and tried for "attempted destabilisation" in Burkina Faso before being taken to the airport, one of his associates said.

A regional security source and a Togolese source close to the case confirmed this information. His destination was unknown but some sources mentioned a likely expulsion to Burkina Faso.

Authorities in Ouagadougou had yet to comment on the matter as of late Monday. The former lieutenant-colonel ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore in a January 2022 coup.

But he was himself deposed eight months later in the coup that brought military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore to power.