Niger Republic has reportedly thwarted an attempted coup in the early hours of Wednesday.
THE QUEST TIMES gathered that access residence of the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, and to the offices of the presidential complex is still blocked as of the time of writing this report.
However, sources within the presidential office complex in Niamey disclosed that no special military force was visible in the area.
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The details of what is happening is still sketchy as there was still no official report from the presidency.
It could be recalled that here was an attempted coup on March 31, 2021, just two days before Bazoum’s inauguration.
Several people were arrested, including the suspected ringleader, an air force captain named Sani Gourouza.
He was arrested in neighbouring Benin and handed over to the Niger authorities.
There have been four such coups since the independence of this former French colony in 1960: the first in April 1974 against President Diori Hamani, and the most recent in February 2010, which toppled President Mahamadou Tandja. Not to mention the numerous attempted putsches.
