Yet, Ahmed Tidiane Traoré, a presidential counselor, stated the following day on October 12, —two days before the demonstrations started, — to a crowd of RPG youth [ruling Reunion of the People of Guinea party]:
Duk da haka, kwana biyu kafin ɓarkewar zanga-zangar wato a ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba, Ahmed Tidiane, mai ba wa shugaban ƙasa shawara, ya bayyanawa taron matasan jam'iyyar RPG [ruling Reunion of the People of Guinea party]: