[1] According to radio reports, at about 20:00 UTC, the rebels entered Lomé (located on the border with Ghana) in about 30–40 trucks.

They headed straight for a military camp in where Eyadéma resided, and opened fire with automatic weapons and rocket launchers.

[3] The West German Foreign Ministry officials said in Bonn that their citizen, a businessman, was killed in the fighting.

[4] Following the requested of Eyadéma for military help of France, the French Defence Ministry said on 26 September that it was sending warplanes and troops to Togo.

[2] Eyadéma was re-elected unopposed at the 21 December 1986 presidential election,[5] and continued to rule the country until his death on 5 February 2005.