By Ange Aboa
By Ange Aboa
ABIDJAN, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Guillaume Soro, a former insurgent chief in Ivory Coast and a candidate in subsequent yr’s presidential election, might face life in jail over an alleged coup plot that concerned amassing weapons, the nation’s public prosecutor mentioned on Thursday.
The Ivorian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Soro on Monday, prompting him to name off a deliberate homecoming after months abroad.
The warrant is prone to improve tensions forward of an October 2020 election that’s seen as a check of Ivory Coast’s stability after two civil wars for the reason that flip of the century.
Throughout a information convention, Prosecutor Richard Adou performed a recording made by the Ivorian intelligence providers through which Soro might allegedly be heard planning a coup.
“The penalty for trying a plot towards state safety is a life sentence,” Adou mentioned, including that the investigation was ongoing.
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