Reports say the doctor had openly questioned Captain Traoré and the military’s ability to tackle terrorism and other acts of insecurity effectively in the West African country.
According to Zagazola Makama described as a security analyst and identified on X as @ZagazOlaMakama, the doctor was arrested and sent to the battlefield to experience terrorism closely since he knew how to handle the situation better.
“In Burkina Faso, a Doctor Criticized the President Captain Ibrahim Traoré that he was incapable of tackling terrorism in the country.
“The doctor was invited and sent to the frontline to see the reality of terrorism closely.
“Do you think Nigerian Military should do the same?” @ZagazOlaMakama wrote.
He attached photos, with one showing the doctor wearing his white laboratory coat with a stethoscope around his neck before the alleged conscription and another one in which he is seen in a military uniform while holding an AK47 gun.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré led a group of soldiers to overthrow Roch Marc Kaboré in January 2022, citing insecurity among other things, and has since been the Burkina Faso President. But apparently, the doctor didn’t think the president was effectively addressing the problems for which he and his colleagues ousted Kaboré, hence his open criticism.
A 2022 report by Human Rights Watch said there was a marked deterioration in Burkina Faso’s human rights and security situation as attacks and atrocities in 2021 by armed Islamist groups surged, unlawful killings by state security forces and pro-government militias during counterterrorism operations continued, and the humanitarian situation worsened.