Former military leader of Nigeria, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, claims that ousted Niger leader Mohamed Bazoum discussed the difficulties he has faced since being imprisoned by the military junta headed by General Abdourahamane Tchiani with the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States.
A robust ECOWAS group headed by Abdulsalami visited the unrest-ridden country in West Africa.
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At the airport, Prime Minister Ali Zeine met the team and guided them to the presidential palace.
For around 90 minutes, they visited with Tchiani and his colleagues, and then with President Mohamed Bazoum.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting with Bazoum, Abdulsalami said, “We met him and heard his side of the story. He told us what was done to him and the challenges he is facing.
“We will communicate this to ECOWAS leaders. Doors for talks are now open for a lasting solution.”
The former Head of State did not go into details of the discussion with the ousted president.
But some weeks ago, CNN quoted Bazoum in a series of text messages to a friend as saying he had been “deprived of all human contact”, with no one supplying him food or medicine.
According to the overthrown president, he had been living without electricity, a normal occurrence for all Nigeriens after Nigeria cut off electric power in response to the coup.
Bazoum said all of the perishable food he was supplied with has since gone bad, and he was now eating dry pasta and rice.
