Army officers said they deposed Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, pictured here. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images Dakar Reuters —

A group of army officers said they had seized power in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, a day before the planned announcement of results from a hotly contested presidential election.

In a statement read on state television by spokesperson Diniz N’Tchama, the army officers said they had deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, suspended the electoral process, shut borders and would enforce a curfew.

Shortly after, Embalo told France 24 TV: “I have been deposed.”

The army officers said in their statement that they had formed “The High Military Command for the Restoration of Order” and would be in charge of the West African nation

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