Three opposition leaders in the Ivory Coast are under investigation for insurrection, murder and acts of terrorism after they rejected President Alassane Ouattara’s re-election for a contested third term and vowed to set up a rival government.
Ouattara, 78, won by a landslide in Saturday’s election, pitching the West African country into a political crisis with opponents who he say he violated a two-term presidential limit.
The three opposition chiefs under investigation were Maurice Kakou Guikahue, deputy leader of the main opposition party, who has been arrested, and Pascal Affi N’Guessan and ex-premier Abdallah Mabri Toikeusse.
Shortly after the announcement by the attorney general, former prime minister Affi N’Guessan was arrested from his home sometime between Friday night and Saturday.
