Niger soldiers ask for help from Russia's Wagner group

  A military council formed by the soldiers who staged a coup in Niger has requested the military assistance of the Wagner group with ties to Russia to deal with the possibility of foreign military intervention. This has been reported by the Associated Press news agency which has quoted Wasim Nasr, a journalist and researcher of the Western institution "Sofan Center" as claiming that the soldiers who made a coup in Niger have requested the military support of Wagner's private defense company in parallel with reaching Finally, the time given by ECOWAS to release the president "Mohammed Bazoum" and hand over power. Wasim Nasr told the Associated Press that General Salifou Modi, one of the leaders of the military revolution in Niger, recently visited Mali and contacted an official of the Wagner company. He has claimed that the Wagner group has decided to investigate the request of the Nigerien military to help it deal with foreign invasion.

A few days ago, the military leaders of West Africa have agreed to a plan to intervene militarily in Niger when the time they gave to the soldiers who made the coup ends. The people of Niger raising the Russian flag on the ECOWAS Commissioner, Abdel-Fatau Musah has been quoted by local and international media as saying in Abuja, Nigeria that: "Finally all things related to intervention of any kind have been worked out; including and the resources required as well as how and when we will deploy the force (in Niger)." On Sunday, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave the soldiers who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum one week to return Bazoum to power or accept the use of force against them. The soldiers carried out the military coup on the 26th of last July. ECOWAS military chiefs had met in Nigeria's capital Abuja to discuss ways to deal with the crisis. On Saturday, the Senate of Nigeria advised the president of the country, who is the current head of ECOWAS, to look for other better options in order to use military force to restore power to the overthrown government of Niger. The council said there is a very close relationship between the people of Niger and Nigeria and that is important to consider before any action is taken.