General Salou Djibo , former head of Niger’ s military junta, will contest the 2020 presidential election after being adopted on Sunday as the candidate for the Peace -Justice - Progress party .
He accepted the candidacy at a ceremony before some 5 , 000 people at the Niamey Sports Palace.
Djibo , 55 , led the military junta that ousted President Mahamadou Tandja in February 2010 , after he tried to stay on in power beyond his two - term limit .
Djibo stayed in power until April 2011 before handing back power to civilian rule , in the form of the current president Mahamadou Issoufou .
Djibo , who retired from the army in 2019 , hopes to succeed Issoufou , who is constitutionally barred from serving a third term .
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