Niger coup leaders accuse French forces of destabilising country

France is getting ready to carry out a plan to destabilize Niger by engaging the military contingent it has stationed there, Colonel Amadu Abdraman, spokesman for the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) that was set up in Niamey after the coup, said, Report informs, citing TASS.

"The French military contingent stationed in Niger is attempting to set in motion a plan to destabilize the country so as to denigrate the CNSP and alienate it from the people who support the council’s actions," Abdraman was quoted by ActuNiger website as saying.

"There is also a goal to create a general impression of insecurity. Facing these prospects, the defense and security forces have been ordered to put the country’s armed forces on high combat alert and mobilize the population," he added.