The coup plot was led by brothers Tom and Timane Erdimi, two high-ranking Chadian military officers, who previously tried overthrowing former General Seby Aguid and Déby in 2004.

Déby’s plane was departing the CEMAC summit with other Central African leaders in Bata, Equatorial Guinea for N'Djamena, Chad.

[2] Security Minister Routouang Yoma Golom told reporters, "There are around 100 members of the military implicated in this coup who have been arrested.

Yaya Dillo Djérou, member of Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy, a subgroup of the UFDC, said the UFDC had tried to "smoke out the president from N'Djamena, but our plan was declared by some secret agents and then our people had to cancel the plan and get out of the town."

The President of the Commission has launched an appeal to Chadian politicians so that they use dialogue to sort out their differences and promote the democratic process in their country."