The African Union (AU) has expressed deep concern regarding the deteriorating conditions of detention for ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and has expressed strong support for the decisions made by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regarding unconstitutional changes in Niger.
In a statement signed by the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the organization has challenged the military authorities in Niger to urgently halt the escalation of the situation with the regional organization.
The statement reads, “The mistrust towards him and the continuation of the sequestration of the President in conditions which are deteriorating in a worrying way. Such treatment of a democratically elected president through a regular electoral process is inadmissible.”
The Chairperson of the Commission has therefore called for the immediate release of President Bazoum, all members of his family, and his government who are unlawfully detained with him, in defiance of Nigerien law and the founding principles of the AU and ECOWAS.
The Chairman of the commission has also called upon the entire international community to actively combine their efforts to safeguard the life, moral integrity, and physical well-being of President Mohamed Bazoum
