In its bid to restore the ousted president of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum, Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were absent for an emergency meeting among the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) States in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
However, Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde all featured in the meeting that took place at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
The meeting which commenced at 12:30 pm was presided over by the Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that ECOWAS issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien Junta in the West African country to hand over power to ousted president Mohamed Bazoum or risk forceful eviction.
Recall that the Presidential Guards in Niger, General Abdourahamane Tchiani removed the democratically elected president in the country last week Friday.
