Niger’s junta vows to prosecute Bazoum for ‘high treason’ FMTNews FMTWorld
Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum has been held in his presidential residence along with his son and wife since the day of the coup.
The regime said it had 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,” according to a statement read out by Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane on national television.
Military leaders said they had not taken over Bazoum’s residence and that he was still free to communicate with the outside world. Bazoum had received regular visits from his doctor, they said.“After this visit, the doctor raised no problems regarding the state of health of the deposed president and members of his family,” the military added.
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