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Overview
- Military spokesman Denis N'Canha announced on state television that Umaro Sissoco Embaló was removed and all republican institutions were suspended.
- The communiqué also ordered the suspension of the electoral process, a halt to media activities, and the immediate closure of all borders.
- Embaló told Jeune Afrique he was detained in the presidential palace and said he was not harmed.
- Gunfire was reported near the palace in Bissau as soldiers took control of the main road leading to the complex.
- Before provisional results were due, both Embaló and opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa had claimed victory, and there were unconfirmed reports of additional senior detentions.