{"id":106470,"date":"2023-07-26T16:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106470"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:39:35","slug":"coup-attempt-niger-republic-soldiers-arrest-coup-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/coup-attempt-niger-republic-soldiers-arrest-coup-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Coup Attempt: Niger Republic Soldiers Arrest Coup Leaders\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Soldiers loyal to President Mohamed Bazoum, who was reportedly held hostage by coup plotters in the country has apprehended the coup leader.<\/p>\n<p>Early Wednesday, soldiers reportedly barricaded the presidential palace as well as several ministries in the capital, Niamey as anxiety about the fate of President Bazoum grows in what looks like an attempted coup in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, no shots were fired and it\u2019s not clear if this was an attempt by the presidential guard to seize power.<\/p>\n<p>According to several news reports, the president\u2019s office had tweeted that the guards unsuccessfully tried to get support from the military in their \u201canti-republican\u201d efforts.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that President Bazoum, was being blockaded in his residence with his family, but the enraged soldiers are being assuaged as talks by former President Mohammed Issoufou and other past leaders are underway to bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President of the Republic and his family are doing well. The Army and the National Guard are ready to attack\u201d those involved in this incident, the president\u2019s office added.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the ECOWAS Commission based in Abuja said it received the news of the attempted coup d\u2019 etat in Niger \u201cwith shock and consternation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the statement read: \u201cECOWAS condemns in the strongest of terms the attempt to seize power by force and calls on the coup plotters to free the democratically \u2013elected President of the Republic immediately and without any condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cECOWAS and the international community will hold all those involved in the plot responsible for the security of and safety of the President, his family, members of the government and the general public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS said further that it would not tolerate any more coups in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Niger had experienced four coups since independence from France in 1960, as well as numerous attempted coups.<\/p>\n<p>President Bazoum, who was democratically elected in 2021, is a close ally of France.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s last coup occurred in February 2010, overturning then President Mamadou Tandja.<\/p>\n<p>Two Jihadists gang uprising one in the south-west, which swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015, and the other in the south-east, involving jihadists based in north-eastern Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Militant groups linked to both al-Qaeda and Islamic State have troubled the country in recent years leading to deaths and destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Countries in West are increasing being plagued by coups in recent times. 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