BREAKING: Head of Sudanese Military Transition Council Ibn Auf Announces His Resignation

Meanwhile, the Sudanese opposition demands that the Military Council should immediately transfer power to a civil government, Mohammad Youssef, a member of the secretariat of the opposition Sudanese Professionals Association, told Sputnik earlier on Friday.

“We are seeking the immediate transfer of power, not a month or two years later. The forces that are seeking reforms have specific demands on following the democratic path that will solve the corruption issue and other problems that resulted from the rule of the salvation government [of former President Omar Bashir]”, Youssef said.

He pointed out that members of the military council had been a part of Bashir’s elite.

Youssef pointed out that there was no legal basis for forming the military council and called on all political forces and the army to reach agreement on forming the government.

According to Youssef, the Sudanese people are against the curfew imposed after the Thursday coup.

Sudan has seen months of protests that erupted in the country in December. The rallies were initially triggered by the rise in prices for bread and other consumer goods that greatly increased the vulnerability of Sudanese citizens. The protests then took on a new dimension as Sudanese citizens started calling for the resignation of Bashir, who has been in power for nearly 30 years.