He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987, he led a coup d’état during which Mr Sankara was killed.
그는 1980년대 토마스 상카라 대통령의 최측근이었으며, 그는 1987년 10월, 쿠데타를 이끌어 상카라를 살해하였다.