Sunday, August 31, 2014

Here's fresh updates on the coup plot in the South African kingdom of Lesotho yesterday August 30,2014....must read!!!


Still on Lesotho coup pa-lava,latest report has it that the Prime minister have ran out of the country to unknown destination saying he is being hunted and that his deputy, who denies apparent coup attempt, may be involved.


Tom Thabane reportedon Saturday that the army was "all over the streets", and had taken control of government buildings and key installations before he managed to escape. He added that he suspected his deputy, Mothet Joa Metsing, was involved.
Revealing that, he had fled for his life across the border to South Africa, as he accused the military of seizing power and leaving his country in flux.
The already pissed Prime minister lamented as he poured out his mind later on Sunday,saying: "I have been removed from control not by the people but by the armed forces, and that is illegal. I will return as soon as my life is not in danger... I will not go back to Lesotho to get killed."

 Reacting to his lamentation,The military on Sunday rejected his claims. Major Ntlele Ntoi said that allegations of a coup was "not a new thing", and said Kamoli remained in his post.  "That is a baseless allegation."
coming out witha different poit entirely that,There had been an exchange of fire on Saturday between youths, police and the military, he said, but the military "has returned to the barracks".

 In another development,Metsing also denied a coup saying that "I would not still be a deputy prime minister; the prime minister would not still be the prime minister if a coup [had] taken place," he told Al Jazeera on Saturday.
He said the army had given valid reasons as to why it occupied government buildings.
Tensions have been high in the kingdom since June when Thabane suspended parliament to dodge a vote of no confidence. Metsing had vowed to form a new coalition that would remove Thabane.
Police disarmed
Diplomatic sources said the army made its move after the prime minister fired the army commander, Lieutenant-General Kennedy Tlali Kamoli. The army spokesman said Kamoli was still in charge of the military.
South Africa's foreign ministry said it was monitoring the situation, adding that an unconsitutional change of government would not be tolerated.
Since its independence from Britain in 1966, Lesotho has undergone a number of military coups.

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