Military authorities in the Niger Republic have cut off water and electricity to the French Embassy in Niamey.
Additionally, no food is entering, reports Turkish news outlet Anadolu.
The French consulates in other cities including Zinder and Dosso are engaging in the same behaviour.
Head of a national support group Elh Issa Hassoumi Boureima has requested that partners of French bases in Niger stop supplying food, water, and energy.
UPDATE: Niger’s Military Junta Agrees To Dialogue
He was quoted to have said, “We ask Nigelec and SPEN (SEEN)) to cut off water and electricity in the French Embassy, in the French consulates of Zinder and Niamey.”
The military coup leaders in Niger have additionally warned that supplying France will turn you into a “enemy of the sovereign people.”
The leaders of the coup made their decision after the French ambassador’s 48-hour window to leave Niger expired on Sunday.
Since the July 26 coup, relations between Niger, several Western nations, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been tense.
On Friday evening, France said it did not recognise the military’s authority and declined to carry out the order against its ambassador.
Niger Military Junta Rejects Diplomatic Overtures From ECOWAS, UN, US
Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani’s July 26 takeover, which resulted in the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum, plunged Niger into anarchy.
Follow us on Facebook