“We will not transfer al-Bashir abroad, but we will judge him in Sudan,” RIA Novosti quotes the head of the political committee of the council, Umar Zein al-Abidin.
However, he noted that the military carried out a coup d'état in the country.
On July 21, 2008, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on charges of genocide in connection with the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan, where ethnic purges were allegedly carried out.
On the eve of the Sudanese army announced the removal of President Omar al-Bashir from power in the country. Also announced the dissolution of the government and other existing authorities.
Sudan's Defense Minister Awad bin Auf announced the detention of al-Bashir.