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Nigerian jets, acting with Benin’s approval under ECOWAS protocols, struck convoys of fleeing coup plotters seeking escape routes after a failed mutiny.

Nigeria has carried out a series of coordinated airstrikes against fleeing members of a failed military coup in the Benin Republic, acting with the approval of Beninese authorities under a regional security mandate. The strikes, launched Sunday by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), targeted convoys allegedly transporting loyalists of coup leader Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri as they attempted to escape toward southern Benin.

Senior security officials said the operation was executed after intelligence indicated that key figures behind