Ouagadougou: In a press release relayed on the Facebook page of the governorate of the Northern region, Governor Issouf Ouédraogo warns the perpetrators of an alleged demonstration on May 24 or 30, 2024 in Ouahigouya, inviting them to support the Transition and demand the release of Cheick Aboubacar Traoré of Sissamba.
This call to demonstrate is broadcast on social networks, indicates the governor’s press release. To this end, the regional authority recalls ‘that no demonstration has been authorized by the competent services in this matter’ and therefore any demonstration during this period is ‘illegal and prohibited.
He invites people to distance themselves from it. “All security measures will be taken against any illegal demonstration and the perpetrators will be punished according to the amount of their crime in accordance with the texts in force” states the press release.
Cheick Aboubacar Traoré is a marabout who worked to resettle displaced populations in their villages, after rites.
He was arrested
following the resettlement of populations who suffered a deadly attack by armed terrorist groups in Zomkala, a village in the Séguénéga department.
As a reminder, on January 29, 2024, a so-called demonstration in support of the Transition degenerated into acts of vandalism and ransacking of the premises of the national radio and television in Ouahigouya.
Source: Burkina Information Agency