Benin hit by massive fraud

Tens of thousands of people in the Republic of Benin have been swindled out of their savings and the fall-out from the scandal is threatening to reach the top of government.

Some parliamentarians want to have President Boni Yayi impeached over the affair.

Widespread protests have already been seen by angry victims forcing the president to sack his interior minister, allegedly involved with the company running the scheme - ICC Services.

Officials of the company have been put under house arrest.

To find out how the scandal could affect the administration, BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro first asked David Zoumnmeou, a senior researcher at the Africa Conflict Prevention programme in Pretoria, South Africa how the scheme operated.