MASERU: Lesotho’s embattled prime minister, who fled to South Africa at the weekend after an apparent bid to oust him, returned safely to his home country yesterday, an aide said.
Prime Minister Tom Thabane “has crossed into the country,” his adviser Samonyane Ntsekele said. “He got in safely. We are at State House now.”
The prime minister was guarded by South African police, according to the aide. He said South African police accompanied the premier on his journey back home.
Thabane fled to neighbouring South Africa on Saturday alleging a coup by the army and saying he feared for his life after troops surrounded his official residence and attacked key police installations, disarming officers. The army has denied staging a coup.
The unrest prompted members of a regional security bloc to call an emergency meeting in Pretoria, during which a deal was brokered to ease the country’s political crisis.
AFP
