On the evening of January 6, local time, the Minister of Security of Burkina Faso, Mahammadou Sanaa, said that an attempt to assassinate the country's President Ibrahim Traoré on January 3 had been thwarted. He also said that it has been confirmed that former Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba was the main mastermind of this operation.

On the evening of January 6, local time, the Minister of Security of Burkina Faso, Mahammadou Sanaa, said that an attempt to assassinate the country's President Ibrahim Traoré on January 3 had been thwarted. He also said that it has been confirmed that former Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba was the main mastermind of this operation.