The party headquarters of the main opponent of the junta in Chad, killed Wednesday in the army's assault on this building in N'Djamena, is being demolished on Friday, AFP journalists noted.
The building housed the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF) of Yaya Dillo Djérou, cousin of General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, proclaimed president of the Transitional Republic by a military junta in 2021. Djérou was killed in the assault, which left a total of seven deaths according to the government, four soldiers and three in Dillo's ranks.
A large excavator demolished the three-story building, two AFP journalists reported in the afternoon, kept at a distance by a thick army security cordon, from which armored vehicles could be seen from a distance all around the building. 'building.
According to the government, Dillo, wanted by the police for having instigated an alleged
“assassination attempt”
on the president of the Supreme Court ten days ago and an attack on the headquarters of the all-powerful intelligence services on Tuesday, was killed in the assault
“because he refused to surrender”
and
“had himself shot at the soldiers”
.
This is contested by the PSF and the opposition, who speak of an
“assassination”
two months before the presidential election, in which he was to run, against General Déby.