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Sunday, January 28, 2018
A court in Niger jailed nine soldiers for an attempted coup against the country’s president, Mahamadou Issoufou. According to court documents the attempted coup took place two years ago. In December 2015, the government said it had foiled a coup and arrested people planning to use aerial firepower to seize control of Niger.
The nine men were sentenced to between five and 15 years. In the judgement read out by Judge Ibrahim Daoudika, the suspected ringleader, General Salou Souleymane, got 15 years, as did two others. Six co-conspirators received sentences ranging from five to 10 years, and another three accused were acquitted.
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