 The plotters apparently did not consider French involvement, so therefore didn't take any additional steps to prevent it.They could have created protests to show public support, although the spokesman for the coup plotters, Sub-Lieutenant Daniel Mbene, justified the coup by claiming in a broadcast that the army had to act to avoid the rash of "uncontrollable demonstrations that would have been difficult to halt".It is unlikely that Aubame participated in the planning of the coup.