Niger Coup D’état: ECOWAS Military Chiefs Hold Emergency Meeting in Abuja as War Looms

• Following the threat of war, the Economic Community of West African States is holding an emergency meeting in Abuja
• Eleven countries in West Africa are present, while the seats of four others remain conspicuously empty
• ECOWAS recently gave the Niger Republic coup plotters a week to restore democratic order or face military action

Military chiefs from some West African countries have arrived at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja for a high-power delegation meeting over the current activities of military juntas in the Niger Republic.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) emergency gathering is being chairman of the military chiefs, Gen. Christopher Musa.

However, Daily Trust reports that the seats reserved for Mali, Guinea Bissau, Niger, and Burkina Faso military chiefs are presently unoccupied as they appear to have ignored the meeting.

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Present at the meeting are the military chiefs of Togo, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Gambia, Cote’Divoire, Cabo Verde and the Republic of Benin.

ECOWAS had on Sunday given the Niger Republic coup plotters a one-week ultimatum to restore democratic order in the country or risk military action.

Source: Legit.ng