evidence: Niger’s Finance Minister Facing Firing Squad After Coup? Fact Emerges - Ahmat Jidoud, Niger’s ex-finance minister, is not the man shedding tears in a widely-circulated social media video - Social media users posting the video erroneously claimed it shows Jidoud weeping following the coup in Niger in July - The video, however, is old, and the individual crying is Marou Amadou, Niger’s former justice minister [...] "Finance Minister of Niger Republic weeps after being reportedly told by new military junta to account for all the stolen money of the country in the next 48 hours or face execution by firing squad." [...] But does it show Niger’s finance minister crying after he was given 48 hours to account for the country’s stolen money or face a firing squad? A fact-checking platform investigated the claim.