The president dismissed suggestions he had been ready to flee the country and accused the US of directing an attempted coup. Those involved would be punished, he said.
Ààrẹ bẹnu àtẹ lu ìròyìn àhẹ́sọ kan tí ó sọ pé Òun fẹ́ fi orílè-èdè òun sílẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni ó tún fẹ̀sùn kan orílè-èdè Amẹ́ríkà fún dídá ọ̀rọ̀ náà lọ́nà tí ò tọ̀.