{UAH} How Nkurunziza sneaked to Burundi after coup bid
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According to our informers, the helicopter arrived with its undesignated VIP at 7pm. The itinerary planners viewed the route much safer for the President as it was in his stronghold.
He was then driven at night in a small convoy of cars to reach Bujumbura from where he took to the social media at about midnight to appeal for calm and announce he was in the country safe and in charge.
Yesterday, reports inside Burundi confirmed loyal forces had arrested the leader of the failed coup even as protesters opposed to Mr Nkurunziza took to the streets of the capital following the failure of a coup to oust him.
Burning barricades were thrown up in a part of Bujumbura and police were deployed, with shots fired in order to break up the renewed demonstrations.
Major General Godefroid Niyombare was captured two days after announcing Nkurunziza had been overthrown, presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho said.
"He has been arrested. He didn't surrender," Abayeho told Reuters. Earlier, Abayeho had said three other generals had been arrested but Niyombare was still on the run.
Asked what would happen to the plotters, Abayeho said it was up to the justice system: "They will be held answerable." Abayeho said the president was on his way to the capital Bujumbura from his rural home province.
Officials had said he arrived back in Burundi on Thursday, returning from a summit in Tanzania.
Troops loyal to Nkurunziza appear to have succeeded in putting down the coup on Thursday, when there was fighting and gunfire in the streets of the capital.
The attempted overthrow of the president follows more than two weeks of violent demonstrations by opponents who say Nkurunziza has violated the constitution and a peace deal that ended civil war in 2003 by seeking a third five-year term.
Opposition and rights groups insist that it is unconstitutional for Nkurunziza, who has been in office since 2005, to run for more than two terms. The president, however, argues his first term did not count as he was appointed by parliament, not directly by the people
May 17, 2015
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How Nkurunziza sneaked to Burundi after coup bid
A picture taken at the State House in Dar es Salaam, on Wednesday shows the empty seat of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza who didn't take part in the extra-ordinary East African Community summit on the Burundi crisis. PHOTO | AFP
Posted Saturday, May 16 2015 at 08:52
In Summary
- Dramatic details emerge how embattled Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza left Tanzania to regain control after a failed coup
- According to our sources, President Nkurunziza arrived in Kigoma after an hour. At 5.30pm, he was taken aboard a helicopter that was to fly him to his home turf region of Ngozi
According to our informers, the helicopter arrived with its undesignated VIP at 7pm. The itinerary planners viewed the route much safer for the President as it was in his stronghold.
He was then driven at night in a small convoy of cars to reach Bujumbura from where he took to the social media at about midnight to appeal for calm and announce he was in the country safe and in charge.
Yesterday, reports inside Burundi confirmed loyal forces had arrested the leader of the failed coup even as protesters opposed to Mr Nkurunziza took to the streets of the capital following the failure of a coup to oust him.
Burning barricades were thrown up in a part of Bujumbura and police were deployed, with shots fired in order to break up the renewed demonstrations.
Major General Godefroid Niyombare was captured two days after announcing Nkurunziza had been overthrown, presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho said.
"He has been arrested. He didn't surrender," Abayeho told Reuters. Earlier, Abayeho had said three other generals had been arrested but Niyombare was still on the run.
Asked what would happen to the plotters, Abayeho said it was up to the justice system: "They will be held answerable." Abayeho said the president was on his way to the capital Bujumbura from his rural home province.
Officials had said he arrived back in Burundi on Thursday, returning from a summit in Tanzania.
Troops loyal to Nkurunziza appear to have succeeded in putting down the coup on Thursday, when there was fighting and gunfire in the streets of the capital.
The attempted overthrow of the president follows more than two weeks of violent demonstrations by opponents who say Nkurunziza has violated the constitution and a peace deal that ended civil war in 2003 by seeking a third five-year term.
Opposition and rights groups insist that it is unconstitutional for Nkurunziza, who has been in office since 2005, to run for more than two terms. The president, however, argues his first term did not count as he was appointed by parliament, not directly by the people.
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