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]:
Síbẹ̀, Ahmed Tidiane Traoré, olùdámọ̀ràn ipò ààrẹ, sọ lọ́jọ́ tí ó tẹ̀lé e, ìyẹn ní ọjọ́ 12 oṣù Ọ̀wàrà, — ọjọ́ méjì kí ìfẹ̀hònúhàn ó tó bẹ̀rẹ̀, — fún àwọn èrò tó jẹ́ ọ̀dọ́ langba RPG ẹgbẹ́ olóṣèlúu [ruling Reunion of the People of Guinea]: