Abdoulaye Badié

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Abdoulaye Badié (born May 27, 1963 in Niamey ) is a Nigerien officer .

Life

Abdoulayé Badié is the son of a Kanuri mother and a Zarma father. He attended a military academy in Montpellier , France . In 1999, under President Mamadou Tandja , Badié became Director General of the Administration and Supply Department of the Niger Armed Forces . In this key position he was one of the closest employees of the Chief of the General Staff Moumouni Boureima .

From 2009 Mamadou Tandja tried to get a third term as president, which was not provided for in the constitution, and was then deposed in a military coup on February 18, 2010. Power in the state was taken over by a military junta , the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy . Abdoulayé Badié, who had the rank of colonel , became the junta's number two as permanent secretary after Chairman Salou Djibo . Badié's brother-in-law Abdoulkarim Goukoye took over the role of spokesman for the council. As of April 2010 Salou Djibo received reports of several attempts by Badié to kill or at least depose him. Badié always denied these reports, yet they led to a climate of mistrust. In addition, there was a serious difference of opinion between the two men about the stationing of French troops in Niger, which should serve the fight against al-Qaeda in the Maghreb , and which Badié rejected.

On October 10, 2010, Abdoulayé Badié was demoted to a simple member of the junta and finally arrested on October 15, 2010 on charges of attempting to destabilize the regime. Three other officers were also arrested - Amadou Diallo , Aboubakar Amadou Sanda and Issa Abdou Sidikou - who were accused of complicity. The Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy passed power to the newly elected President Mahamadou Issoufou in January 2011 . At a trial in May 2011, Badié and the three co-defendants were acquitted of all allegations. They were able to return to their previous posts in the armed forces.

Badié was arrested again in September 2011. This time the accusation was that he was the anonymous author of a pamphlet criticizing certain promotions in the armed forces. The charges were dropped on November 11, 2011, and Badié was released. Two days later he left for Washington, DC , where he took up his new position as military attaché at the Nigerian Embassy in the United States .

Abdoulaye Badié is married and has one child.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christophe Boisbouvier: La junte dans le brouillard. In: Jeune Afrique . October 21, 2010, accessed July 19, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Klaus D. Loetzer: Niger: Referendum constitutionnel. La situation politique. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , accessed on July 19, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Seidik Abba: Niger: la junte militaire et ses dix affaires secrètes (2010–2011) . L'Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-343-00366-5 , pp. 48 and 66 .
  4. ↑ Niger: Comment Issoufou désarme les gradés. In: Tamtam Info. April 23, 2012, accessed July 19, 2017 (French).
  5. ↑ François Soudan: Abdoulaye Badié / Salou Djibo: les raisons de la rupture. In: Jeune Afrique . October 28, 2010, accessed July 19, 2017 (French).
  6. ↑ Liberation des 4 officiers accusés de complot contre la sureté de l'Etat: l'accusation dans ses petits souliers. In: Niger Diaspora. May 24, 2011, accessed July 19, 2017 (French).
  7. ^ Niger: le colonel Abdoulaye Badié draw en liberté après deux mois de détention. RFI , November 11, 2011, accessed July 19, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Badié, Abdoulaye
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien officer
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Niamey