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Salifou Modi (Arabic: ساليفو مودي, romanized: Sālyfw Mwdy; born 12 October 1962) is a Nigerien Army divisional general who is the vice-president [1] of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, the military junta of Niger. He served as the Chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Niger from 2020 to 2023. [2]
After the presidential election on 12 June 1993, Moshood Abiola of the SDP won as president. [18] The military president of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, annulled the elections, citing widespread irregularities, but no evidence of fraud was offered to the Nigerian public. [19]
On 28 July, presidential guards' Commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself as the president of the council in an address on Télé Sahel.He said the coup was undertaken to avoid "the gradual and inevitable demise" of the country and said that Bazoum had tried to hide "the harsh reality" of the country, which he called "a pile of dead, displaced, humiliation and frustration".
The SSS is also charged with the protection of the President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Governors and Deputy Governors, their immediate families, other high ranking government officials, former presidents and their spouses, certain notable candidates for the offices of President, Vice ...
The democratic transition went as planned, the swearing-in of the new president Mohamed Bazoum occurring two days after the attempted coup. However, he was ousted in the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état by members of the presidential guard and the military led by Abdourahamane Tchiani, who ironically led the presidential guard in defeating the 2021 coup.
The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces .
On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained president Mohamed Bazoum.Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, after confirming the success of the coup.
The leadership of the Niger Armed Forces issued a statement signed by the army chief of staff, General Abdou Sidikou Issa, declaring its support for the coup. The statement mentioned the need to "preserve the physical integrity" of the President and his family and avoid "a deadly confrontation that could create a bloodbath and affect the ...