The military junta in Niger Republic has said that the deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, will be prosecuted for “high treason and undermining the internal and external security”.
In a statement read out on Sunday, August 13, the spokesperson of the junta, Amadou Abdramane, revealled that Bazoum was granted access to his doctors the previous day and that he was in a good condition.
“After this visit, the doctor raised no problems regarding the state of health of the deposed president and members of his family,” Abdramane said.
“The Nigerien government has till date, gathered the necessary evidence to prosecute the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices before the competent national and international authorities for high treason and undermining internal and external security of Niger.”
Meanwhile, the junta told an Islamic delegation sent by President Bola Tinubu that its doors are now open for dialogue and a diplomatic resolution of the crisis in the West African country.
Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger’s prime minister, was quoted to have said:
“We have agreed and the leader of our country has given the green light for dialogue.
“They will now go back and inform the Nigerian President what they have heard from us…. we hope in the coming days, ECOWAS will come here to meet us to discuss how the sanctions imposed against us will be lifted.”
