Gwamnatin sojin Jamhuriyar Nijar ta yi gagarumin sauyi a manyan muƙaman rundunar sojin ƙasar, makonni kaɗan bayan wani mummunan tawayen sojoji da ya ƙalubalanci ikon gwamnatin mulkin soja.
Gwamnatin ta naɗa Janar Mamane Sani Kiaou a matsayin sabon shugaban rundunar sojin ƙasar, inda ya maye gurbin Janar Moussa Salaou Barmou. Kafin wannan naɗin, Kiaou shi ne babban hafsan sojojin ƙasa, yayin da aka naɗa Janar Abdourahmane Abou Zataka domin maye gurbinsa a wannan muƙami.
Sauye-sauyen sun biyo bayan wani tawaye da ya ɗauki kusan sa'o'i 24 a birnin Niamey a ƙarshen watan Agusta. A cewar Ma'aikatar Tsaron Nijar, yawancin matasan sojoji da suka shiga tawayen sun yi garkuwa da wasu jami'an soja tare da buɗe wuta a wurare masu muhimmanci, ciki har da yankunan da ke kusa da Fadar Shugaban Ƙasa da kuma wani sansanin soja da ke kusa da filin jirgin saman ƙasa da ƙasa.
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa tawayen ya samo asali ne, a wani ɓangare, daga rashin jin daɗin yadda hare-haren ƙungiyoyin masu ɗauke da makamai ke ƙaruwa, da kuma matsalolin da sojoji ke fuskanta a cikin rundunar. Daga baya gwamnati ta samu nasarar murƙushe tawayen, inda aka ruwaito cewa an kashe ko kama mutane da dama daga cikin waɗanda ake zargi da hannu a lamarin.
Ana kallon wannan sauyi na shugabannin soji a matsayin wani yunƙuri na gwamnatin mulkin soja na Nijar na ƙarfafa ikonta da dawo da haɗin kai a cikin rundunar soji, bayan wannan babban ƙalubale na cikin gida da gwamnatin ta fuskanta tun bayan da sojoji suka karɓi mulki a juyin mulkin shekarar 2023.