West African Defence Chiefs are meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
This comes after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military junta in Niger Republic to hand over power to the democratically elected government of Muhammed Bazoum.
Speaking after the extraordinary session presided over by its Chairman, President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, said all Chiefs of Defence Staff of the member states would proceed for an emergency meeting.
On the agenda, would be ways to strategise on effective ways to implement a possible military operation to restore Muhammed Bazoum to office.
Details later…