Meanwhile the military junta has leveled accusations against France, with claims of the country intending to intervene militarily to secure the release of the deposed Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum.
Colonel Amadou Abdramane, representing the National Committee for the Salvation of the People CNSP, In a press statement, said the CNSP asserted that France, allegedly with the involvement of certain Nigerien individuals, conducted a meeting at the General Staff of the National Guard of the country. The purported aim of this meeting according to him was to obtain the necessary political and military authorizations for the proposed intervention.