Speaking during a press conference, Bah said 13 military officers and one civilian were arrested following Sunday’s attack.
Gunmen attacked a military barracks, a prison and other locations on Sunday, freeing about 2,200 inmates and killing more than 20 people, said authorities in the West African country. By Monday calm had returned.
"The incident was a failed attempted coup. The intention was to illegally subvert and overthrow a democratically elected government," said Bah.
"The attempt failed, and plenty of the leaders are either in police custody or on the run. We will try to capture them and bring them to the full force of the laws of Sierra Leone," the information minister added.
Sierra Leone, which is still recovering from a 1991-2002 civil war in which more than 50,000 were killed, has been tense since Bio was re-elected in June.
Bio's election victory was rejected by the main opposition candidate and questioned by international partners including the United States and the European Union.
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