Desejado Lima da Costa was the president of the national election commission of Guinea-Bissau. 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. A few months later, on 22 October 2012, Desejado Lima da Costa died in Lisbon.
References
- Guinea-Bissau election runoff is set for April 29, The Washington Post
- Bissau soldiers control capital in apparent coup, Reuters
- "Morreu em Lisboa Desejado Lima da Costa, Presidente da CNE". Gbissau.com (in European Portuguese). 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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