A top African Union diplomat, Mohammed el-Hassan Labat on Friday said, a political transition agreement between Sudan’s military and a pro-democracy coalition is expected to be signed on Saturday.

The transition agreement sets up a joint sovereign council that will rule for a little over three years while elections are organized, AP said.

The announcement came hours after the Sudanese military heads claimed it thwarted an attempted military coup.

“Officers and soldiers from the army and National Intelligence and Security Service, some of them retired, were trying to carry out a coup,” General Jamal Omar said.

CEOAfrica, according to facts it gathered, earlier reported that General Omar in a statement aired by the state television on Thursday evening announced that the 12 officers from the army and the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) took part in the coup.

The statement confirmed that five of the 12 officers are retired.

#RT