Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF)'s third in command and Counter Terrorism Center's Director General Zakariya Mansoor has been apprehended early Monday evening.
Former President and leader of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Mohamed Nasheed had tweeted on Monday that General Mansoor is being held in the army headquarters in capital city Male' following his apprehension.
Reports that MNDF 3rd in command, General Mansoor, detained in army HQ in Male'. One of the longest serving MNDF officers. It's time individual soldiers, and police officers, ask themselves if they want to keep following Prez. Yameen's unlawful orders
— Mohamed Nasheed (@MohamedNasheed) March 5, 2018
In his tweet the ex-president Nasheed wrote that the time has come for police officers and soldiers to ask themselves if they want to keep following incumbent President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's unlawful orders.
Although rumors of General Mansoor's apprehension had circulated on Sunday as well, the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) had not confirmed the matter.
When contacted by RaajjeMV following former President Nasheed's tweet, Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF)'s spokesperson Captain Ibrahim Azim had not answered the station's calls.
