‘TRANSITION OF POWER WON’T GO BEYOND THREE YEARS’ – NIGER COUP LEADER
The new military leader of Niger said Saturday a transition of power would not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country would not be easy for those involved.
āOur ambition is not to confiscate power,ā General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power āwould not go beyond three yearsā, he said.
But he added: āIf an attack were to be undertaken against us, it will not be the walk in the park some people seem to think.ā
He also said: āECOWAS is getting ready to attack Niger by setting up an occupying army in collaboration with a foreign army,ā without saying which country he meant.
Tianiās warning came after a delegation from West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in the country for a final diplomatic push before deciding whether to take military action against the countryās new military rulers.
They met ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held with his family at the presidentās official residence since officers from his personal guard deposed him and seized power on July 26.
ECOWAS defence chiefs met this week to fine-tune details of a potential military operation to restore Bazoum if ongoing negotiations with coup leaders fail.
In his 12-minute speech, Tiania denounced what he called the āillegalā and āinhumanā sanctions levied by ECOWAS against Niger since the military seized power.
He also announced a 30-day period of ānational dialogueā to draw up āconcrete proposalsā to lay the foundations of āa new constitutional lifeā.
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