Extended families of ousted Niger president Bazoum say no news of him since October

Family members of ousted Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum have not heard from him since October 18 and the family has also spoken out against”abusive arrests and searches” targeted at some of the family members.They last heard any news about President Bazoum October 18 2023. No news about President Bazoum, his wife Khadija Mabrouk and their son Salem, taken hostage by the presidential guard.He was overthrown on July 26 by a military coup, Mohamed Bazoum has been detained in his presidential residence with his wife and son.Several members of his family are subject to abusive arrests and searches by military authorities. “There is a fixation on the family of President Bazoum and violation of all procedural rules when it comes to initiating proceedings against his family members,” Ould Salem Said, the family lawyer during a press a conference.According to the family lawyer, the homes of President Bazoum niece and that of another relative were searched Tuesday in Niamey.On Sunday, “unidentified armed elements kidnapped” Ali Bey Mahjoub, a banking sector executive and uncle of Mr. Bazoum, he said. For this case, he announced that he had already filed “a complaint” with the prosecution for “kidnappingand arbitrary detention”.On November 9, Ali Mabrouk, a traditional chief and brother of Mr. Bazoum’s wife, “was arrested” by elements of the gendarmerie in Zinder (south) and “placed in police custody”, according to the lawyer, worried to know that those arrested “will be referred to the Military Tribunal”.Niger has been ruled since July 26 by a military regime led by General Abdourahamane Tiani. In the aftermath of the coup, several dignitaries of the former regime, notably ministers and deputies, were incarcerated in various prisons across the country.A few days later, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened to intervene militarily to reinstate President Bazoum in office – which it did not do – and imposed heavy sanctions. economic and financial against Niger.

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