Basile Adjou Moumouni

This decision was annulled, however, by incumbent President Alphonse Alley because organised demonstrations prohibited almost three-quarters of the electorate from casting their ballots.

[2] After his university studies, Moumouni returned to Cotonou, where he practised as a physician until 1959, and would later spend much of his adult life outside Dahomey's borders.

[4] The election results were annulled by President Alphonse Amadou Alley because organised demonstrations prohibited almost three-quarters of the electorate from casting their ballots.

He would continue with his medical research, particularly into public health services, publishing numerous books in collaboration with other distinguished physicians.

Following this, he would continue as a writer, broadening his writing to cover topics such as politics and government, socio-economic conditions and even the history of Benin.