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press9jatv:
if they have deployed it to the terrorists camps, terrorists attacks will have reduced. Now America forces have wade in now.

JuanDeDios:
I thought they said the coup have been reversed already and Talon is back in charge?

bigcasava1:
what an irony, your house is burning and you are putting off the fire in another person house. Mtcheew!

press9jatv:
why can't they deploy the fighter jets to the camps of Boko haram terrorists? We are just deceiving ourselves in this nation

Nigeria Withdraws Deployed Fighter Jet As Benin Stabilises After Foiled Coup Attempt

December 7, 2025

The crisis began in the early hours when a group of mutineers in military uniforms launched an assault on the presidential residence.

Nigeria has withdrawn the fighter aircraft earlier deployed to the Benin Republic after authorities concluded that the security situation in the neighbouring country had stabilised, following a dramatic but short-lived coup attempt on Sunday.

According to reports, the aircraft, deployed from Lagos for aerial surveillance and regional monitoring, were instructed to return to base on Sunday afternoon after updated intelligence confirmed that loyalist forces in Benin had re-established control and that there was no immediate threat to Nigeria’s territorial security.

Security analyst Zagazola Makama, on his X handle on Sunday, revealed that the coup attempt against President Patrice Talon was decisively foiled, with loyalist elements regaining full command of Cotonou before nightfall.

The crisis began in the early hours when a group of mutineers in military uniforms launched an assault on the presidential residence.

Their attack was repelled, forcing the plotters to shift tactics. In a desperate move, they stormed the Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin (ORTB), seized the national broadcast hub, and attempted to take control of the state signal.

Meanwhile, as panic rippled through the capital, Benin’s security architecture responded swiftly.

Units of the National Guard and loyal troops mobilised, surrounding the ORTB headquarters and cutting off all exits as they moved to isolate the rebels.

By late Sunday, the government had secured major installations and restored order across the city.

“The situation is under control. The National Guard has everything surrounded,” a senior security official stated on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the ongoing operation.

However, a local media, including 24 Hours in Benin, reported that the mutineers remained barricaded inside the national television compound as of Sunday evening.

Authorities confirmed that negotiations were underway to persuade the holdouts to surrender peacefully.

Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced that the country’s armed forces have successfully thwarted an attempted coup.

The statement followed reports that soldiers briefly appeared on state television, declaring the removal of President Patrice Talon, closing the nation’s borders, and suspending political parties.

The presidency of Benin also confirmed that President Talon was safe and that the army was gradually regaining control following an attempted coup.



The officers, identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation, were reportedly led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri.

According to reports from Beninese media outlet TchadOne, the group attacked President Talon’s residence in the Le Guézo neighborhood and took control of the national television station, where Tigri declared himself “chairman of the military re-establishment committee.”

However, the president’s office, as reported by AFP, stated that President Talon remained unharmed and that loyalist forces were working to restore order across the capital.

“This is a small group of people who only control the television,” AFP quoted the presidency as saying.

“The regular army is regaining control. The city and the country are completely secure.”

Earlier on Sunday, Lieutenant Tigri spoke to the National Television to announce the military coup.

West Africa has been gripped by a troubling wave of coups in recent years, underscoring the fragility of democratic institutions across the region.

Nigeria deploys fighter aircraft to Benin Republic as coup unfolds

By: Zagazola Makama

The Nigerian military has deployed fighter aircraft to the Benin Republic following Sunday’s military coup that toppled President Patrice Talon, reliable security sources have confirmed.

The aircraft, which took off from Lagos earlier on Sunday, were sighted operating within Beninese airspace as Nigeria intensifies surveillance and monitoring of the rapidly evolving political and security situation in the neighbouring country.

Sources told Zagazola Makama that the deployment is part of Nigeria’s precautionary measures to assess regional security implications and protect its national interests amid uncertainty in Cotonou.

“The aircraft have already arrived in Benin Republic. Nigeria is closely monitoring developments and evaluating potential risks,” one senior security official said, noting that the move was not an offensive operation but a strategic response to unfolding events.

The takeover in Benin was led by Lt. Pascal Tigri, who announced the dissolution of state institutions and assumed full military control. The coup adds to the growing list of unconstitutional government changes in West Africa, raising concerns over regional stability.

The coup leaders in Benin, the Military Committee for Rebuilding, issued the following statement: The November 2025 constitution has been suspended, all institutions have been dissolved, political parties' activities have been suspended until further notice· Benin’s land, sea, and air borders are closed until further notice.

Nigeria shares a long and porous border with Benin, making political instability in the country a direct security concern for Abuja.

As of the time of filing this report, the Nigerian government has not issued an official statement, but military sources said surveillance will continue “until the situation becomes clearer.”

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Salewa97:
The two of them are in the same boat.

Both are former presidents who couldn't secure reelection after their first term.

Birds of a feather

The U.S. Air Force has unusually intensified flights to and from Ghana in the last month, mostly cargo flights leaving Djibouti, the de facto AFRICOM base in Africa, fully loaded, arriving in Ghana, then returning to Djibouti empty.

This pattern suggests that heavy military equipment, very likely UAVs, is being transported from the U.S. Camp Lemonnier base in Djibouti to Ghana, where the United States is currently operating and conducting counter-terrorism missions in Nigeria from Ghana.

The U.S. has conducted nearly two weeks of daily ISR flights in Nigeria, the overwhelming majority of which targeted either of the two Islamic State provinces in the country, IS-Sahel and ISWAP.

In addition to the numerous USAF C-130 and C-17 cargo flights, a highly specialized U.S. Navy P-8A arrived in Accra as well. This ISR platform does not appear on civilian flight-tracking services. A “mysterious” C-40 Clipper also arrived in Accra undetected.

According to a private source familiar with the military deal between the US and Nigeria, the US will be allowed to conduct UAV airstrikes against terrorist targets inside Nigeria, the scope only include unmanned aircrafts (UAVs), not fighter jets or bombers.

The American counterpart will mainly fill the ISR gaps of the Nigerian army with manned and/or unmanned aircrafts, and will likely (still unconfirmed) use the Kainji Air Base in Niger State as a launchpad.

I spoke with President Tinubu of Nigeria, @officialABAT.

I conveyed France’s solidarity in the face of the various security challenges, particularly the terrorist threat in the North.

At his request, we will strengthen our partnership with the authorities and our support for the affected populations. We call on all our partners to step up their engagement.

No one can remain a spectator.