Niger’s ousted Bazoum appeals to West Africa bloc court to free him | News

Bazoum’s lawyer has asked the ECOWAS court to order Niger’s military rulers to end his ‘arbitrary arrest’ and hand power over to him.

The coup-toppled president of Niger has appealed to a court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to free him, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard on July 26 and has been detained at home with his wife and child since.

He filed a lawsuit with the West African bloc’s court based in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on September 18, said his Senegalese lawyer Seydou…