Former President Mohamed Bazoum was questioned Wednesday at his home by a team of three gendarmes composed of a major, a captain and a warrant officer, as part of a preliminary investigation.

This hearing follows the lifting of his immunity by the State Court, thus paving the way for a trial for high treason.

The former Nigerien president was questioned in the presence of his lawyer, the president of the Bar, Moussa Coulibaly.

Here is Augustine Kollie with the rest of the report