Marguerite Gnakad\u00e8 was a former defence minister and is the sister-in-law of president Faure Gnassingb\u00e9. She had repeatedly called for him to step down and end the family’s regime over the past months.<\/p>\n
The sister-in-law of Togo’s leader Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 was arrested at her home on Wednesday, according to local media reports and security sources.<\/p>\n
Marguerite Gnakad\u00e8 headed the Defence Ministry from 2020 to 2022 and is also the widow of Ernest Gnassingb\u00e9, Faure Gnassingb\u00e9’s late brother.<\/p>\n
For the past months, Gnakad\u00e8 became an ever more vocal critic of the regime, calling for Togo’s president to resign and end the family’s authoritarian rule in the country.<\/p>\n
Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 has been president since 2005, after taking over from his father, who ruled the country from 1967 for a period of 38 years.<\/p>\n
The rare opponents of Gnassingb\u00e9 daring to take to social media have criticised the arrest:<\/p>\n
Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 took on a new position as President of the Council of Ministers in May after a constitutional change, which allows him to rule without term limits and consolidate executive power in his hands.<\/p>\n
The change in the constitution and the continuation of Gnassingb\u00e9’s reign led to widespread protests in the country, which were however violently repressed by authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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