Desejado Lima da Costa explained

Desejado Lima da Costa was the president of the national election commission of Guinea-Bissau.^[1] After the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état, his son Camilo Lima da Costa told RDP Africa, that the soldiers had looted his father's house but that both his parents were safe.^[2] A few months later, on 22 October 2012, Desejado Lima da Costa died in Lisbon.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/guinea-bissau-election-runoff-is-set-for-april-29/2012/04/11/gIQAdilpAT_story.html Guinea-Bissau election runoff is set for April 29
2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bissau-idUSBRE83C0JW20120413 Bissau soldiers control capital in apparent coup
3. Web site: Morreu em Lisboa Desejado Lima da Costa, Presidente da CNE . 2012-10-22 . Gbissau.com . pt-PT . 2018-01-30 .