The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held at his residence in the heart of the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger’s capital.<\/p>\n
The complaint with the ECOWAS Court of Justice by Bazoom’s lawyers centres on what they called “sequestration and arbitrary detention.” The court’s decision is expected on Thursday, November 30.<\/p>\n
On November 1, the public prosecutor at the Niamey Court of Appeal confirmed that there had been an escape attempt by President Mohamed Bazoum on October 18. But gave no details.<\/p>\n
On November 21, the ECOWAS Court of Justice examined Niger’s complaint against the regional organisation, which imposed sanctions following the coup d’\u00e9tat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no sector of Nigerien society that has not been affected by these sanctions, according to Younkaila Yaye, one of the government\u2019s lawyers<\/p>\n
The government asked the court to relax the sanctions pending the final judgement. But ECOWAS protested against their request.<\/p>\n
Mohamed Bazoum is the fifth Nigerien president to be overthrown by a putsch since the country gained independence from France in 1960.<\/p>\n
The first president, Hamani Diori, overthrown in 1974, was imprisoned and then placed under house arrest for several years before being released in 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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