{"id":24241,"date":"2016-03-30T01:42:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/niger-s-opposition-leader-hama-amadou-granted\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T01:42:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:42:41","slug":"niger-s-opposition-leader-hama-amadou-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/niger-s-opposition-leader-hama-amadou-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger’s opposition leader Hama Amadou granted bail"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A court in Niger has ordered the release on bail of opposition leader Hama Amadou, who went to France earlier this month for medical treatment.}<\/p>\n

Mr Amadou was imprisoned in November to face baby-trafficking charges, which he denies – arguing they are politically motivated.<\/p>\n

He had campaigned for elections in February from behind bars.<\/p>\n

His party boycotted the run-off vote on 20 March, won by President Mahamadou Issoufou with 92% of the vote.<\/p>\n

“The decision [of the court of appeal] is clear, he is free as of today,” Mr Amadou’s lawyer, Mossi Boubacar, told reporters in the capital, Niamey.<\/p>\n

Mr Amadou, who was airlifted to a US hospital in Paris four days before the run-off, is determined to return home, Mr Boubacar added.<\/p>\n

“He should be out today or tomorrow,” Mr Amadou’s doctor, Luc Karsenty, told the AFP news agency in Paris.<\/p>\n

The ruling means Mr Amadou will not have to return to his prison if he goes back to the country, reports the BBC’s Baro Arzika from Niamey.<\/p>\n

It is not yet clear whether the baby-trafficking case will continue, he says.
\nMore than 20 people were accused of involvement, including Mr Amadou’s wife, but they have all now been released on bail.<\/p>\n

The court ruling comes a day after the opposition coalition met the prime minister with a view to finding a solution to the stand-off that has followed the second-round vote.<\/p>\n

The coalition backing Mr Amadou said the presidential run-off was a farce.<\/p>\n

The government has not yet reacted to the court’s ruling.<\/p>\n

President Issoufou will be sworn in for his second five-year term in office on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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