Hell broke loose: Unprotected Niger Interior Minister at the mercy of crowds. A video has popped up in which a relatively succulent, and spruced-looking man is being manhandled or beaten by a group of young men.
The well-built man fell to the ground prostrate and was trampled by some individuals within the unruly crowd.
It is not known how the man got himself into the mess. Who initiated the molestation? Was the man dragged from his car, chased out of his office or private residence, or it was simply a game of chance?
Shoved in an awkward manner to and fro by an apprehensive crowd, the attempt by the unlucky personality to explain himself fell on dead ears.
It is reported the man who was assaulted in the mayhem was the Interior minister in Niger’s toppled civilian government.
Earlier, the Finance minister was found in a terrible state of despair. His press conference which was instigated by the military, was expected to touch on classified information and make revelations on state secrets, in particular expenditures that are unaccounted for.
Last week, the government of President Bazzoum was overthrown by the military, an action predicated on what the latter said was the deterioration in conditions in Niger. The soldiers also accused the government of serving foreign interests as opposed to the sovereign will of the people.
Regional bloc ECOWAS has warned the coup makers in Niger it will intervene militarily. The crowd that beat up the former interior minister pin the international riposte on his machinations, in yet another sign that the coup in Niger conjures popular support.