Abdou Sidikou Issa

{{Short description|Nigerien Army general}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| honorific_prefix = Division General

| name = Abdou Sidikou Issa

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| image = Col-Maj Abdou Sidikou Issa, Diffa, 2016.jpg

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| caption = Sidikou Issa as a Colonel in 2016

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| allegiance = {{flag|Niger}}
{{flagicon|Niger}} National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland

| branch = Niger Army

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| rank = Divisional general

| battles = 2023 Nigerien coup d'état and the

2023 Nigerien crisis

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Abdou Sidikou Issa is a Nigerien Army divisional general who served as the chief of staff of the Niger Armed Forces from 31 March 2023{{Cite web |title=Abdou Sidikou ISSA (Chef d'État-major des Armées du Niger) - aNiamey.com - Qui est qui ? |url=http://www.aniamey.com/qui/profil.asp?id=1007 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.aniamey.com}} to 5 August 2023 after being appointed by the president and his cabinet. On 26 July 2023, he supported the overthrowing of president Mohamed Bazoum by the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland to, in his words, 'avoid a deadly confrontation'.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-26 |title=Niger military chief backs coup leaders, but president defiant |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230726-presidency-sealed-off-in-coup-prone-niger |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=France 24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Niger's army pledges allegiance to coup makers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/27/nigerien-army-pledges-allegiance-to-coup-plotters |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Şafak |first=Yeni |title=Niger Armed Forces chief endorses mutineers' action, saying he wants to avoid bloodshed |url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/niger-armed-forces-chief-endorses-mutineers-action-saying-he-wants-to-avoid-bloodshed-3667746 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Yeni Şafak |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Niger Armed Forces chief endorses mutineers' action, saying he wants to avoid bloodshed |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/niger-armed-forces-chief-endorses-mutineers-action-saying-he-wants-to-avoid-bloodshed/2955933 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} He was dismissed as Chief of Staff on 5 August 2023 by the ruling junta, replaced by Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, former head of the Nigerien special forces.{{Cite web |title=Niger rebels appoint new chief of staff of country's armed forces |url=https://tass.com/world/1656953 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.tass.com}}