Captain Ibrahim Traoré, a doctor who had criticized Burkina Faso’s president, was taken into custody, enlisted in the military, given an AK-47 rifle and uniform, and deployed to the front lines of combat.
According to reports, the doctor openly questioned Captain Traoré’s and the military’s capacity to effectively combat terrorism and other forms of insecurity in the West African nation.
Zagazola Makama, a security expert who goes by the handle @ZagazOlaMakama on X, claims that the doctor was detained and taken to a battlefield to experience terrorism firsthand because he was better equipped to manage the scenario.
“In Burkina Faso, a doctor criticized Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the president, saying that he was unable to combat terrorism in the nation.
“The doctor was invited and dispatched to the frontlines to closely observe terrorism’s reality.