Politics
Former Tigray Interim President Details Escape From Detention
BBC · 7 hours ago · Read the Full Story on BBC
AI SUMMARY
Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, the former interim president of Tigray, stated he escaped 15 days of detention with the help of local administrators and federal defense forces before being transferred to Eritrea.
- Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede was held in detention for 15 days by the TPLF-led administration.
- He and other detainees were moved from Mekelle to Aksum and subsequently to Rama near the Eritrean border.
- He suspected they were going to be handed over to Eritrean security forces.
- He escaped with the assistance of the Rama district administrator and his driver.
- The Rama district administrator contacted the Ethiopian National Defense Force through the former president's family members.
- The district administrator deceived Eritrean security forces waiting at Mereb and drove the detainees to Daero Tekli to meet the defense forces.
- Colonel Tewolde Gebretsadik, another detainee, previously confirmed to the BBC that they did not escape voluntarily but fled.
- Tadesse Werede believes he was arrested due to political differences with TPLF leaders following his appointment by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
- He rejected recent social media allegations claiming he worked to strengthen Tigrayan forces during his tenure.
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