Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 9 ga Janairu, 2012, Shugaba Sanhá ya mutu sakamakon rikitarwa daga ciwon sukari, kuma an sake nada Pereira a matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya. A yammacin ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 2012, membobin sojojin kasar sun shirya
wani " juyin mulki " kuma ya kama shugaban rikon kwarya da kuma babban dan takarar shugaban kasa. Tsohon mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata, Janar Mamadu Ture Kuruma, ya karɓi iko da ƙasar a lokacin canjin kuma ya fara tattaunawa da jam'iyyun adawa.