Jonathan Nwokpor
Mohammed Bazoum, the president of the Niger Republic, no longer has immunity according to an order from the highest court in the nation.
This occurred around a year after mutinous soldiers toppled Bazoum, a civilian president elected through democratic means.
Speaking on Friday, Bazoum’s attorney, Reed Brody, stated that the military junta now has the ability to bring charges against him for high treason. This is due to the court verdict.
Following his removal in the military takeover, Bazoum and his family have been placed under house arrest.
To remove his immunity, the junta authorities filed a lawsuit earlier this year in a newly established State Court, now the nation’s highest court. They stated that they intend to prosecute him for both “high treason” and endangering national security.
The Niger Republic served as the last significant security ally of the West in the Sahel, the enormous region south of the Sahara Desert that has been turned into a global hub for terrorism by Islamic extremist groups until Bazoum was forcibly removed from office.
The top court of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, declared late last year that Bazoum and his family had been wrongfully jailed and demanded that he be allowed to return to office.
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