Two military personnel from the Gambia have been detained on suspicion of conspiring to depose President Adama Barrow.
They were taken into custody over the weekend, according to a statement released on Monday by government spokesman Ebrima Sankareh.
Their detention came after an earlier set of troops who tried to stage the revolt were stopped.
“Two more soldiers…were arrested over the weekend and are helping investigators unearth allegations of plans to overthrow the Government”, Sankareh noted.
The officers include a second-lieutenant of the Gambian infantry, and a captain from the military intelligence and security unit.
They were arrested on Saturday and Sunday respectively; the search for other alleged plotters is ongoing.
A total of seven military personnel are in custody, according to the government.
Barrow has been President of the Gambia since 2017. He was reelected in December 2021.
Africa has witnessed a series of coup de tat since August 2020. The affected countries are Mali, Guinea, Sudan and Burkina Faso.
A coup was executed in Sudan in October 2021 after a failed attempt. The military reinstated civilian authority but remains actively involved in government.
