Assane Mbengue backs Ousmane Sonko after dismissal
Bassirou Diomaye Faye ended the functions of Prime Minister ousmane sonko in a solemn address on RTS, and Assane Mbengue moved at once to show where he stood. The director general of Dakar Dem Dikk posted support for Sonko on his social media accounts moments after the announcement.
Mbengue wrote: "Droit dans notre ligne et toujours INCONDITIONNEL au Président Ousmane SONKO. Al Hamdoulilah nous dormirons tous le cœur léger. Al Hamdoulilah". The message placed one of the presidential camp’s senior transport officials publicly behind Sonko within minutes of the dismissal.
Mbengue’s public position
Assane Mbengue, who heads the national transport company Dakar Dem Dikk, did not wait for the reaction to settle. He used his social media networks to declare support for Sonko immediately after the dismissal announcement.
That response came as several officials, militants, and leading supporters in the presidential camp multiplied passionate statements after Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s speech on RTS. The public reaction showed that the rupture at the top of the executive branch was already spilling into the wider political camp around the presidency.
Faye’s RTS announcement
Bassirou Diomaye Faye gave the announcement on RTS, ending the functions of the prime minister. The statement marked the official removal of Sonko from that post and set off the first visible reactions from figures around the presidency.
For Dakar Dem Dikk, Mbengue’s message matters because it came from a current public company head, not a distant supporter. He chose an explicit, unconditional line in favor of Sonko while the dismissal was still fresh in the public record.
Support inside the presidential camp
The immediate reaction also showed that Sonko kept visible loyalty among senior supporters in the camp of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. That loyalty appeared in the language Mbengue chose, which named Sonko directly and left no room for ambiguity about his position.
The next political movement now rests with the same camp that has begun to speak publicly after the dismissal. Mbengue’s post has already drawn a line inside that space, and the reactions that follow will show whether Sonko’s removal becomes a contained administrative change or a wider test of discipline around Faye’s presidency.
