Meatchi was imprisoned for a brief period before being exiled
and other opposition leaders left the country.
Ghana responded to the situation by denying any involvement in the coup or support in Antoine Meatchi return to Togo.
The military leaders quickly reached out to exiled political leaders Nicolas Grunitzky and
Antoine Meatchi to head a new government as president and vice-president,
The coup leaders quickly brought Nicolas Grunitzky and Antoine Meatchi, both of whom were exiled political opponents of Olympio,
together to form a new government.
Elections were organized in May 1963 and the only candidates were Nicolas Grunitzky and
Antoine Meatchi who were elected as president and vice-president of the country, respectively.
Emmanuel Bodjollé became the head of the government for two days until the military created a new government headed by Nicolas Grunitzky, as President,
and Antoine Meatchi, as Vice President.
Guinea, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, and Tanganyika all denounced the coup and the assassination, while only Senegal and Ghana(and to a lesser extent Benin)
recognized the government of Grunitzky and Meatchi until elections in May.
After the Togolese Progress Party and the Juvento movement were implicated in a 1961 attempt on Olympio's life,
many prominent politicians including Nicolas Grunitzky and Antoine Meatchi left the country and received welcome and support from Ghana.
The Ewe people largely doubted the official story provided by Eyadéma and were largely excluded from positions of power with Grunitzky(who had a Polish father and an Atakpamé mother)
and Antoine Meatchi(who was from the north of Togo) being from different ethnic groups.