Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- As the manhunt for the military officials responsible for the coup in Benin on Sunday continues, Tigri Pascal, the leader of the coup, has been declared wanted.

The special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on X.

Mr Pascal, a lieutenant colonel, was declared wanted alongside two other soldiers, Ousmane Samary and Sambieni Castro.

"Lt Col. Pascal Tigri: The real face of the Benin failed coup leader. Pascal and two other soldiers have been declared wanted by the country's constitutional authorities," Mr Onanuga wrote, attaching the pictures of the soldiers.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a group of soldiers, who called themselves the "Military Com...