A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested. The West African country’s president, who was not seen for hours, appeared on television Sunday night and said the coup plot would “not go unpunished.”

Military personnel in Benin had earlier announced they had ousted Talon, although his entourage said he was safe and the army was regaining control.

A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been “foiled,” the interior minister said in a video on Facebook.