Yesterday, Wednesday August 28, the ousted president Mohamed Bazoum was questioned by the Nigerien gendarmerie at his residence as part of a preliminary investigation, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported.
According to our source, who cites members of the ex-president’s family, the interrogation, which took place in the presence of his lawyer, Moussa Coulibaly, lasted almost five hours.
On June 24, the state court lifted Mohamed Bazoum’s immunity so that he could be tried for high treason and complicity for terrorism.
For thirteen months, President Bazoum and his wife Hadiza have been detained in their official residence inside General Abdourahman Tiani’s presidential guard camp, RFI reports.
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