2023-07-26 17:13:28
Very early this Wednesday July 26, the guards blocked the access to the residence of Mohamed Bazoum and to the offices of the presidency in Niamey in Niger. “An attempted coup”, according to ECOWAS. However, there were no abnormal military deployments or sounds of gunfire in the area. Traffic remained normal, according to an AFP journalist and a BBC Hausa reporter.
In a tweet, the Presidency of Niger announces “a movement of anti-republican mood” of elements of the presidential guard who failed to rally to their cause the National Armed Forces and the National Guard. In another tweet, the Presidency of Niger let it be known that President Moghamed Bazoum and his family “are doing well” and that “The Army and the National Guard are ready to attack the elements of the GP involved in this movement of mood if they don’t return to better feelings”.
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), he “strongly condemns” an “attempted coup”. It “urges” the perpetrators to release “immediately and unconditionally” President Bazoum.
President Mohamed Bazoum has been detained at the presidential palace for several hours. According to reports, the former president, Mohammed Issoufou, is leading talks with the presidential guards to prevent the situation from escalating.
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