The junta declares intention to “prosecute” President Bazoum for “high treason”

The authors of the coup d’état in Niger announced on Sunday evening their intention to “prosecute” the overthrown president Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and “undermining the security” of the country. Follow the latest developments of the situation in Niger hour by hour.

The authors of the coup d’état in Niger that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on Sunday evening denounced “illegal, inhumane and humiliating” sanctions from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The Nigerian people are “severely affected by the illegal, inhumane and humiliating sanctions from ECOWAS, which even go as far as depriving the country of pharmaceutical products, foodstuffs,” and “electricity supply,” said one of the members of the regime, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, in a statement read on national television.

The authors of the coup d’état in Niger announced on Sunday evening their intention to “prosecute” the overthrown president Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and “undermining the security” of the country.

“The Nigerien government has gathered to this day” the “evidence to prosecute the overthrown president and his local and foreign accomplices before the competent national and international authorities, for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger,” declared Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane, one of the members of the regime, in a statement read on national television.

Nigerian Muslim religious leaders returned to Abuja after meeting with officials from the military junta in Niamey.

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held in his presidential residence in Niamey since the coup on July 26, has had a visit from his doctor,”
Reuters