Armed Men Abduct Succes Masra, Ex-prime Minister of Chad

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Former prime minister of Chad, Succes Masra was abducted in the early hours of Friday from his home, a member of his party said though the reason was not immediately clear.

A Facebook post by Ndolembai Sade Njesada, vice president of the Transformers opposition party headed by Masra, showed footage of what appeared to be uniformed and masked armed men escorting Masra out of a residential building.

Masra was appointed prime minister in January 2024 in a bid to appease the opposition, four months before an election that Mahamat Idriss Deby won, with the state election body giving him 61% of the vote.

Before the official announcement of the election’s preliminary results, Masra had claimed victory and alleged that electoral fraud was being planned.

He tendered his resignation as prime minister before Mahamat Idriss Deby was sworn in.

Chad was the first of the junta-led states in West and Central Africa to hold elections following a string of coups in recent years.

(AFP)