Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was transferred to a maximum security prison, Kober Prison, in Khartoum, Sudan, after being overthrown by the country’s military last week in a coup.
According to ANI news reports, the prison was famous for holding political figures prisoners during the ex-president’s 30-year-ruling, having the main yard being called as a sit of execution.
One prison official told CNN: “He would’ve been led past the same hangman’s noose where he sent people to meet their Lord.”
Several other political figures who were being arrested by the army were also held in the jail, though separately from Bashir, who was being intensively guarded.
Bashir was wanted by the International Criminal Court allegedly over the war crimes in Darfur. The transitional army council, who is currently controlling the country by being in power after forcibly ousting the ex-president, has earlier stated they would be prosecuting Bashir but not extradite him.
Even though Bashir has stepped down from the power due to the major demonstrations by protesters on the streets for weeks across the country, the protesters still took to the streets to protest demanding a civilian transitional body and transfer of power to people.
Sudanese main protest group has on Sunday, demanded to the military council to immediately hand over the power to a civilian transitional body, stating it would continue to demonstrate on the streets which had prompted Bashir to step down last week.
The military council, who replaced the president from Thursday since Bashir was ousted and declared a state of emergency, announced a new decisions’ raft on late Sunday, including the retirement of defence minister Awad Ibn Auf as well as his deputy, who had resigned as the head of the transitional body after replacing Bashir.
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