Niger's military leaders have announced plans to prosecute the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, for alleged high treason and undermining the security of the country after toppling his democratically elected government in last month's coup.
The army spokesman Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane says they had been gathering evidence against the deposed leader and what they claimed were his local and foreign accomplices.
The head of a religious delegation of mediators said the head of the junta, Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, was ready to consider a diplomatic solution with Ecowas.
Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, the leader of Nigeria’s Izala Salafist Movement, says Gen Tchiani had said their doors were open to explore diplomacy and peace in resolving the matter.