Hang Them By The Neck – Omokri Reacts As Tchani Threatens To Kill President Bazoum

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has reacted to the warning from the Niger junta to kill President Mohamed Bazoum if any neighbouring countries attempt military invasion.

Naija News recalls that two Western officials told The Associated Press that the coup plotters informed a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill Bazoum if there was any attempted military intervention to restore the rule of law.

A Western military official speaking under the condition of anonymity said representatives of the junta told U.S. under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland of the threat to Bazoum during her visit to the country this week.

According to AP, a U.S. official confirmed the account, also speaking on condition of anonymity, because they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Reacting to the threat on the deposed president life, Omokri urged President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to also send a warning to General Abdourahamane Tchiani, stating that if any harm should come to Bazoum he would be treated like a common criminal.

He insisted that if the threat is carried out, the perpetrators must be tried by the ECOWAS count and hung by the neck until they are dead.

According to Omokri, “On the threat by General Tchiani to kill President Mohamed Bazoum if ECOWAS intervenes militarily to restore constitutional order in Niger, I urge President Tinubu and ECOWAS to respond strongly with a warning that if General Tchiani carries out his threat, he will be treated as a common criminal when ECOWAS restores order. He and any soldiers found culpable in such an act will be tried by the ECOWAS court, and if guilty, they will be hung in the neck until dead, in keeping with international law, of which the ECOWAS is a subscriber. This threat calls for decisiveness, not niceness!”