NIAMEY: Niger’s coup leaders have cut off water and electricity supplies to the French Embassy in the capital Niamey with no food deliveries permitted, reported Western media on Monday.
The country’s leadership has also taken the same step at the French consulate in Zinder.
The president of the National Support Committee for the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP), Elh Issa Hassoumi Boureima, has directed all associates of French bases in Niger to cut all water and electricity supplies and food deliveries.
According to reports, those who would not obey the order and continue to help the French will be labelled as enemies of the sovereign people.
Two days ago, Niger’s military rulers had given the French envoy a deadline of 48 hours to leave the country.
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Niger plunged into turmoil on July 26 when General Abdourahamane Tchiani, a former commander of the presidential guard ousted President Bazoum.
France launched an operation earlier this month to evacuate its citizens and other nationals from Niamey.
France has about 1,500 military personnel posted in Niger to assist in fighting militant groups that have plagued the nation along with the region for years.
Niger has played a key role in Western strategies to fight and combat jihadist insurgencies with the support of France and the United States.
Meanwhile, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared the call by Niger’s coup leaders for a three-year transition period back to democracy as “unacceptable.”
