The accused include the head of the Republican Guard, who is accused of planning to allow the coup to proceed.
Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon's security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, the state prosecutor has said.
Ex-sports minister Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday while handing over six bags of money to the head of the Republican Guard, Elonm Mario Metonou, the prosecutor told a press conference. Investigators said Col Djimon Dieudonne Tevoedjre was being bribed not to resist a coup d'etat planned for Friday in the small West African nation.
Also detained was a businessman, Olivier Boko - a friend of President Talon - who had recently indicated he had political ambitions. Mr Boko's lawyers and supporters condemned what they called his "abduction" and have demanded his immediate release.Benin, once praised as a multi-party democracy, has taken a more autocratic turn under the presidency of Patrice Talon, rights groups say.Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to EuropeHundreds die from cholera as war rages in Sudan
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