A democratically elected president who was kicked out of energy by the army a yr in the past ought to now lose his immunity from prosecution, Niger’s prime courtroom has dominated.
That call by the newly created physique clears the best way for Mohamed Bazoum, 64, to be tried by a army courtroom.
He and his spouse Hadiza have been detained within the president palace with out a phone because the coup final July.
Since then, Niger’s new army leaders have introduced in drastic coverage adjustments – together with severing defence and diplomatic ties with former colonial energy France and pivoting in direction of Russia.
The ruling junta within the capital, Niamey, has been legally empowered to prosecute him on prices of treason, undermining nationwide safety and financing terrorism.
Mr Bazoum’s legal professionals have known as the method a “travesty” and withdrew from a listening to final week.
They are saying they haven’t been in a position to meet their consumer nose to nose.
“I do not even know if President Bazoum is conscious of the lifting of his immunity,” the previous president’s communications adviser Hamid N’Gade informed the AFP information company.
“We solely get information about him from his physician who sees him twice every week. No-one is aware of how he’s coping psychologically,” he added.
