Niger Coup: Ousted President Bazoum Will Be Eliminated If Military Intervenes

The Niger Republic coupists have threatened to kill the ousted President, Mohamed Bozoum, if the African body attempts any military intervention.

This followed the outcome of the Head of Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) summit led by its Chairman, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

It would be recalled that the ECOWAS had on Thursday after the meeting held in Aso Rock, Abuja, ordered the Chief of Defence Staff committee to immediately activate its standby force.

The order was issued by the President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray while reading the resolution taken at the Extraordinary meeting on the Niger coup in Abuja.

While the meeting lasted, the regional bloc said all efforts to dialogue with the Niger junta have been rejected by coup leaders after the seven-day ultimatum for the reinstatement of President Bazoum elapsed without compliance from the junta.

The ECOWAS leaders equally condemned the continuous detention of President Mohamed Bazoum and his family members.

In their reaction, the junta issued the threat and disclosed it to a top United States diplomat by two Western officials in the country.

According to the Daily Mail, a Western military official said representatives of the junta told the U.S. Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, of the threat to kill Bazoum during her visit to the country this week.

The Associated Press reported that a U.S. official confirmed that account, also speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Bazoum was ousted on July 26, 2023.

However, on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the military junta appointed Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, Niger’s foremost economist and official of the African Development Bank, as the prime minister to head the government.

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