By Chioma Iruke
The Nigerian Government has joined other African nations in condemning the coup d’état that took place on Monday in Sudan.
In a statement by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spokesperson for the Ministry, Esther Sunsuwa noted that Nigeria ‘strongly ‘ condemned the coup, even as she called for the immediate restoration of the transitional government.
The statement reads, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria strongly condemns the coup d’état that has taken place today in Sudan, in which the military has dissolved the civilian component of the transitional government and arrested its leaders.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for the immediate release of the Prime Minister and all political prisoners and an immediate restoration of the transitional government and implementation of the agreed roadmap to return the country to constitutional democracy.”
Armed Forces detained Sudan’s Prime Minister over his refusal to support their “coup” on Monday, the Information Ministry said, after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian figures sharing power since the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
Civilian members of Sudan’s Ruling Council and Ministers in Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s Transitional Government had also been detained, the Ministry said in a statement on Facebook.
Internet services were cut across the country and the main roads and bridges connecting with Khartoum shuttered, it added.
