Musi waFebruary 3, 2008, pakurwa mauto ehurumende nevapanduki
MuN'Djamena, Saleh akasungwa nemauto asina kuzivikanwa, zvichida varindi vemutungamiri wenyika, maererano nePLD. Kwapfuura vhiki, hapana mashoko akanga aburitswa nezvokusungwa kwaSaleh kana kuti kwaakanga akachengetwa. Mumwe wehama dzaSaleh akataura kunetsekana kwakanyanya nechikonzero chekuti Saleh anga achirwara zvakanyanya kwenguva yakati, achitarisira kuti mushonga, chikafu uye zvipfeko zvinogona kuunzwa kwaari chero kwaanenge akachengetwa. Musi waFebruary 27, pasina ruzivo rwaivepo pamusoro pekugara kana mamiriro ezvinhu aSaleh, mudzimai wake akasangana naCarla Bruni, mudzimai weMutungamiri weFrance Nicolas Sarkozy. Mutungamiri Sarkozy akakumbira mumwe wake Idriss Déby kuti asanganewo naye, asi musi waFebruary 28 iye pakupedzisira akaramba kusangana naDéby.