DETAINED Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, who eight days ago resumed a hunger strike, is “very weak” and in an intensive care unit, one of his lawyers told AFP on Wednesday.
Sonko briefly fell into a coma on October 23, Cire Cledor Ly said, adding that he had been able to speak with the politician a day earlier.
He said Sonko regained consciousness the same day but remained frail.
“The situation is alarming — the doctors are giving him treatment that he is unable to refuse,” Cledor Ly said.
“I launch a solemn appeal to the head of state because he has the means to put an end to this situation,” he added.
Sonko briefly fell into a coma on October 23, Cire Cledor Ly said, adding that he had been able to speak with the politician a day earlier.
He said Sonko regained consciousness the same day but remained frail.
“The situation is alarming — the doctors are giving him treatment that he is unable to refuse,” Cledor Ly said.
“I launch a solemn appeal to the head of state because he has the means to put an end to this situation,” he added.
He had already been admitted to an intensive care unit in August but resumed the strike on October 17.
In May, he was handed a six-month suspended sentence in a defamation case.
On June 1, he was sentenced in absentia to two years in prison for morally corrupting a young person, sparking fatal clashes.
His name was removed from electoral lists following that conviction.