President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday informed the Senate that following the coup in Niger that sacked the democratically elected administration of Mohamed Bazoum, the ECOWAS held an emergency meeting in Abuja last Sunday and took far reaching decisions. In a letter read to lawmakers at the commencement of yesterday plenary session by President of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday informed the Senate that following the coup in Niger that sacked the democratically elected administration of Mohamed Bazoum, the ECOWAS held an emergency meeting in Abuja last Sunday and took far reaching decisions. The letter tagged “Political situation in Niger” disclosed that “in a bid to restore peace, ECOWAS convened a meeting and came out with a communique.”
According to Tinubu, the communique also stressed tge need for “Cutting off Electricity supply to Niger Republic; Mobilizing international support for the implementation of the provisions of the ECOWAS communique; Preventing the operation of commercial and special flights into and from Niger Republic.”
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