In Burkina Faso, twenty-four hours after their public speech, the leaders of a movement calling itself the “Union for the Liberation of Burkina Faso” were arrested by the police. At a press conference, they called for the recruitment of about 25,000 people to form, they say, a “liberation army”.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
Prior to the terrorist attacks, they had offered to recruit and train young people for at least two months before being sent to the field. A few hours after this exit, they were arrested by the security forces. But according to the latest news, they have been released, according to an official from the Ministry of Security.
It was the Ministry of Security that announced the arrest of officials of the Union for the liberation of Burkina Faso, twenty-four hours after their press conference. According to a ministry official, it was a matter of knowing their “real” intent. “They have no legal recognition and security is the sovereign domain of the state,” insists this senior official at the Ministry of Security.
According to Ousseini Tamboura, the government’s spokesperson is the state that organizes citizens’ participation in the war effort.
Finally, officials from the Union were released for the release of Burkina Faso after their hearing, but they must report to the judicial police early next week for the rest of the proceedings.
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