ECOWAS directs immediate standby force against Niger junta

By our Reporter

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic.

ECOWAS today resumed deliberations on the Niger crisis in Abuja.

The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

ECOWAS EXTRA ORDINARY SUMMIT -3 , L – R , President Macky Sall of Senegal ; President Umaru Mokhtar Sissoco of Guinea Bissau ; President , ECOWAS Commission , Omar Alieu Touray ; President Adama Barrow of the Gambia ; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ; President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic ; President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo ; President Nana Akofo –Ado of Ghana and President Alassane Quattara of Cote d’ Ivoire at the Ecowas Extraordinary summit on Niger crisis held at the Conference Center of the Presidential Vil

It also called on the African Union, AU, partner countries and institutions to support the resolution taken by the sub-regional body.

ECOWAS said all efforts to dialogue with Niger military junta have been defiantly rejected by coup leaders as they condemn continuous detention of President Mohamed Bazoum and his family members.

The resolution partly reads: “Direct the committee of the Chief of Defence Staff to activate the ECOWAS stand-by force with all its elements immediately.

“Order the deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.

“Underscore its continued commitment to the restoration of constitutional order through peaceful means.”

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