Complete the passage: pick from possible candidates.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Three top allies of Ivory Coast's former president, Laurent Gbagbo, have been arrested in less than a week, raising political tension in the West African nation, where the nation's army has been hit by weeks of attacks. Laurent Akoun, general secretary of the Front Populaire Ivoirien, Ivory Coast's former ruling party, was arrested on Sunday in Adzope, 100 kilometers east of Abidjan, the nation's economic capital and most populous city, party officials said. Akoun was arrested for having defamed President Alassane Ouattara during a recent meeting with some of the party's members and supporters in an Abidjan cafe, said Sylvain Miaka Oureto, the party's leader. He also is accused of harming state security because of what he said during the meeting, Oureto said.



OPTIONS:
- Abidjan denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Adzope denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Akoun denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Alassane Ouattara denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- CNN denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Front Populaire Ivoirien denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Ivory Coast denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Laurent Akoun denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Laurent Gbagbo denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Oureto denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- Sylvain Miaka Oureto denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.
- West African denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.


Oureto denied the party is connected to any of the violence that has hit the country in the past month.