The leaders of the Niger coup announced on Monday that they would set ousted President Mohammad Bazoum to stand trial on charges of high treason, saying that they had "clear-cut" evidences against him.
Member of the Niger military council Amadou Abdramane said in a televised address late Sunday that authorities had complied a list of evidences and documents, which incriminated Bazoum and his local and foreign associates of crimes threatening Niger's security both local and abroad.
He indicated that the evidences were gathered from Niger nationals in addition to heads of foreign states and international organizations.
Bazoum is still able to communicate and the army did not enter his residence, stressed Abdramane, noting that physicians were regularly checking on the health of the ousted president and his family members.
In the same regards, leaders of the Niger coup had condemned the sanctions imposed by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), deeming them as illegal and inhumane.
The leader of the coup announced last Thursday the list of the new Niger government consisting of 21 members headed by Ali al-Amin Zine who was assigned as Prime Minister the Monday before.
ECOWAS is planning on a military intervention in Niger with the organization stressing that it did not need the approval of the UNSC to embark on this action. However, the ECOWAS also expressed that it was open for a diplomat resolution.
President Bazoum was apprehended on July 27 by members of the Presidential guard. He was elected as President of Niger in 2021.
Niger had witnessed four successful coups since independence in 1960 from France with many failed coups also occurring
Source: Kuwait News Agency
