Sahel Insurgency

Niger police inspector alleges new plots to destabilize the state on public television

DECISIONS AND STATEMENTS
Location
Niger
Importance
Standard

Journalist Aboubacar Y. Barma reported that police inspector Habibou Oumarou Mamane appeared on Niger’s public television on Friday evening and alleged new attempts to destabilize the country. In follow-up posts, Barma said the inspector accused political opponents and exiled associates of former president Mohamed Bazoum, and alleged an operation to exfiltrate Benin coup suspect Colonel Pascal Tigri from Niamey. These are the inspector’s allegations as relayed by Barma; the claims were not independently corroborated in the retrieved material.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Niger: public television carries police inspector allegations of new destabilization attempts, Niger: inspector accuses political opponents and exiles of destabilization maneuvers, Niger: inspector alleges an operation to exfiltrate Colonel Pascal Tigri from Niamey

The source is a journalist’s X thread relaying statements on public television; the alleged plots and named actors were not independently corroborated here.