Did you know that the former Burkina Faso military junta, Paul-Henri Damiba, is responsible for orchestrating the recent assassination and coup plot against President Traore? The most shocking thing is that he is currently in Togo and has been in Togo since 2022. This means that he orchestrated the attack on President Traore, while in Togo. The question is “Will he be brought to justice?” Well, the Burkinabe government recently announced that President Traore is currently in discussions with the government of Togo to extradite the former military junta to Burkina Faso. The question is “Will the discussions be successful and will he be brought to justice? Let's find out.
Paul Henri-Damiba came into power in January 2022, in a military coup that ousted the former elected President Roch Marc Kabore. When he took over power, he pledged to transform the security crisis in Burkina Faso, just like President Traore. However, in the eight months that he was in power, he didn't do anything tangible to combat the security crisis like President Traore has been doing. The one thing we know that he did was increase his salary as President of Burkina Faso and the salaries of top military officials who supported him. What an unpatriotic leader. However, Traore, who was a junior but passionate military leader at the time, was not happy with the way things were going.
