Tension is mounting once again in Togo following Tuesday’s clash between government forces and supporters of the opposition party which left four persons dead.
There are fears of more deaths as the protest heightens on Wednesday, a day after two civilians and two security officers were killed.
Opposition, Parti National Panafricain (PNP) leader, Tikpi Salifou Atchadam, has called for the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe, the current head of a half-century-old political dynasty, rejecting a government move to introduce term limits.
The late President Gnassingbe Eyadema passed a law in 1992 limiting the president to two terms in power, only to scrap it a decade later.
Togo’s Cabinet has adopted a draft bill to bring back the term limits, the government announced in a statement. But the decision did little to satisfy an increasingly rejuvenated opposition.
It was a chaotic scene on Wednesday morning as any crowd of protesters of the opposition was dispersed with a blow of tear gas by the military.
Reports reaching us indicates that other corners of Lomé have been closed to traffic by the police and security forces.
