AFP news agency has reported that, the PNDS party has expressed concerns that Niger might transform into a “dictatorial and totalitarian regime” in the aftermath of the military junta taking control.
The party reported that several prominent figures, including Oil Minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, Mining Minister Ousseini Hadizatou, and Fourmakoye Gado, the head of the party’s national executive committee, have been detained. In total, 130 party activists have been held since Sunday.
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The coup leaders have made claims, unsupported by evidence, that an attack on the presidential palace to free President Mohamed Bazoum is imminent, alleging that France might be involved in such a plot.