Niger coup leaders to prosecute deposed President Bazoum for ‘high treason’
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The coup leaders of Niger on Sunday said that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be "prosecuted" for "high treason" and "undermining the security" of the country
The coup leaders of Niger on Sunday said that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be “prosecuted” for “high treason” and “undermining the security” of the country.
The regime stated that it has gathered evidence that it would use “to prosecute the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices before the competent national and international bodies for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of Niger,” as per a statement read out by Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane on national television.
Bazoum, 63, and his family have been held at the President’s official Niamey residence since the coup. A member of his entourage said he saw his doctor on Saturday.
“After this visit, the doctor raised no problems regarding the state of health of the deposed president and members of his family,” the military said.
They also said sanctions imposed against Niger had made it difficult for people to access medicines, food, and electricity and were “illegal, inhumane and humiliating.”
The comments came just hours after religious mediators met with coup leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who affirmed that military leaders were open to a diplomatic breakthrough.
Tchiani “said their doors were open to explore diplomacy and peace in resolving the matter,” indicated Sheikh Bala Lau, a day after his Nigerian Muslim delegation held talks in the capital Niamey.
Tchiani “claimed the coup was well intended” and that the plotters “struck to stave off an imminent threat that would have affected” Nigeria, as well as Niger, according to Lau’s statement.
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But Tchiani said it was “painful” that ECOWAS had issued an ultimatum to restore Bazoum without hearing “their side of the matter,” the statement added.
The bloc has severed financial transactions and electricity supplies and closed borders with landlocked Niger, blocking much-needed imports to one of the world’s poorest countries.
On July 30, ECOWAS issued a seven-day ultimatum to restore Bazoum or face a potential military attack, but the deadline expired without the new rulers backing down.
The prospect of a military invasion against Niger to reinstate Bazoum has divided ECOWAS members and drawn warnings from foreign powers including Russia and Algeria.
Niger’s neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso, also ruled by military governments who seized power in coups, have warned that an intervention would be tantamount to a declaration of war on them.
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