Leaders of the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered on Sunday as the Niger junta’s deadline to restore President Mohamed Bazoum to office expired.
According to information obtained by Anaedoonline, the heads of ECOWAS and the AU met remotely.
After their virtual conference, ECOWAS leaders will meet this week in Abuja to decide whether or not to implement the ultimatum.
The Nation was informed by a source with access to the ECOWAS meeting that a communique would be released following it.
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The ECOWAS states had issued a seven-day ultimatum against the junta following a military takeover against the democratically elected President of the Niger Republic.
ECOWAS has threatened to strike, but the junta has refused to back down. The military was given till yesterday, according to the regional alliance, to hand back control to the president who was duly elected.
On Sunday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu also met with the governors of the states that border the Niger Republic, including Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, Katsina, and Jigawa.
The conference is believed to be a part of wider discussions on the political unrest in Niger, although the specifics were not immediately made known.
In a letter sent to the Nigerian Senate on Friday, ECOWAS Chairman Tinubu requested backing for “military build-up and deployment of personnel for military intervention to enforce compliance of the military junta in Niger should they remain recalcitrant.”
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The Senate, on the other hand, rejected the request on Saturday and urged ECOWAS to consider diplomacy rather than war.
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