Yasin Abu Bakr was facing a mutiny during the later days of the failed 1990 Muslimeen coup with several younger members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen planning to kill their leader.
That was revealed Wednesday by Jones P. Madeira in testimony before the Commission of Enquiry into the 1990 unprising during which the Muslimeen stormed the state-owned Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) and took Madeira and several of his colleagues hostage.
The Muslimeen forced Madeira, who was TTT's head of News and Current Affairs, to announce the coup to the nation.
Madeira told commissioners he learned about assassination plan from a member of the TTT state who said the younger insurgents also wanted seize the guns which were in the room where Bakr and some of his men had gathered.
Madeira said he didn't tell the coup leader about what he heard because he feared that would have escalated the situation. Madeira added that some of the insurgents didn't agree with the surrender and refused to voluntarily hand over their weapons.
Maderia also spoke about an interview with former President Sir Ellis Clarke days before the attempted coup. Sir Ellis had been named in a corruption scandal and Madeira went to the president to get his side of the story.
He said Sir Ellis dismissed the allegations and said he hoped that those who were guilty of perpetrating the "injustice" against him would be able "to emerge from the dark hole" from which they are about to enter and see the sunlight.
That was revealed Wednesday by Jones P. Madeira in testimony before the Commission of Enquiry into the 1990 unprising during which the Muslimeen stormed the state-owned Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) and took Madeira and several of his colleagues hostage.
The Muslimeen forced Madeira, who was TTT's head of News and Current Affairs, to announce the coup to the nation.
Madeira told commissioners he learned about assassination plan from a member of the TTT state who said the younger insurgents also wanted seize the guns which were in the room where Bakr and some of his men had gathered.
Madeira said he didn't tell the coup leader about what he heard because he feared that would have escalated the situation. Madeira added that some of the insurgents didn't agree with the surrender and refused to voluntarily hand over their weapons.
Maderia also spoke about an interview with former President Sir Ellis Clarke days before the attempted coup. Sir Ellis had been named in a corruption scandal and Madeira went to the president to get his side of the story.
He said Sir Ellis dismissed the allegations and said he hoped that those who were guilty of perpetrating the "injustice" against him would be able "to emerge from the dark hole" from which they are about to enter and see the sunlight.
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