Police told court that captured TPLF leaders attempted to overthrow the constitutional order through violenceTPLF leader, Sebhan Nega, arriving in court in the capital Addis Ababa (Screenshot from EBC)borkenaJanuary 15, 2021Twenty top captured Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders on Friday appeared in a Federal court in the capital Addis Ababa. They appeared in Arada first instance court. The Federal Police told the Federal court that Sebhat Nega, Abadi Zemu, Abraham Tekeste, Keriya Ibrahim, and seventeen others attempted to overthrow the constitutional order through violence. A video released on the state media shows the captured TPLF leaders with invigorated physical condition compared to the one shown when they arrived in Addis Ababa. Sebhat Nega and nine other TPLF key officials were captured last week during a search operation in the wilderness along Tekeze river , and flown to Addis Ababa on Friday (last week) in an Air Force plane.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2021 00:45 UTC