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General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the presumed brains of the failed coup of 2015 in Burkina Faso, was implicated by one of his co-accused for the first time since the opening of the trial .
General Diendéré "instructed to make the coup", said Tuesday at the bar adjutant Jean-Florent Nion, the fourth accused to testify in this historic trial.
On September 16, 2015, Soldiers of the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) had tried, unsuccessfully, to overthrow the transitional government set up after the fall of President Blaise Compaore, driven out in October 2014 by the street after 27 years in power. General Diendéré had explained during the instruction to have "had to assume the coup perpetrated by a group of elements" of the former RSP, according to the military prosecutor. He is the main accused of the trial with General Djibril Bassolé, former foreign minister of the Compaoré regime.
"On September 16 (2015), I was in the rest room when I was awakened by the Chief Warrant Officer Eloi Badiel and Sergeant Chief Koussoubé Roger, who informed me that General Diendéré has instructed to make a coup today. Given the seriousness of the information I asked to see the general directly, "said the adjutant Nion, the first accused to directly question the former chief of staff of President Compaore.
"I went to the home of General Diendéré, to whom I explained the facts. In return, the general asked if it was not done yet. I realized that he knew about it and I left for the palace [présidentiel].
A few hours later, Warrant Officer Nion will board a vehicle with several soldiers and they will burst into the boardroom ministers ordering the president of the transitional regime, his prime minister and two other members of the government to follow them
"I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. "
Accused of" Attack on State Security "," Murders and Willful Assault "and Incitement to Disobey Military Discipline, Warrant Officer Nion" Partially Acknowledge the Facts " "
In his defense, he explained that he was" embarked on a situation from which [il] could not
" We chose from the start to tell the truth. It's not a defense strategy, it's about what happened, and it's up to the court to decide that. It is only by telling the truth that we defend ourselves the best, "said his lawyer, Adrien Nion.
" It is not easy for an element of the former RSP to come forward in front of the bar of things clear and crisp, the truth against his old comrades. It is a courage that must be praised, "said Ambroise Farama, a lawyer for the civil parties.
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