General Grema was the pioneer Force Commander, ECOWAS Stabilization Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau.
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The allegation is made in a statement broadcast signed by putchists’ spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, on national television late Saturday,
Participants at the ‘State of Democracy’ webinar, organised by WAEF, an Initiative of Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), gave this advice in a statement by its Communications Officer, Wealth Ominabo, in Abuja.
This throws the spanner in the works and will force the ECOWAS military command to re-think its strategy: you can’t fight two countries at once.
Like recent coups in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali, the military takeover in Niger came amid a growing wave of anti-French sentiment, with some locals accusing the European country of interfering in their affairs.
After a closed-door meeting with the president, Ustaz Abdullahi Bala-Lau, leader of the delegation, said that Tinubu was desirous of avoiding the use of force at resolving the crisis and restoring constitutional order to Niger.
The group of Islamic leaders recently offered to interface with the coup leaders in Niger Republic on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States.
He said this Monday in Abuja after submitting a report on their visit to Niamey to President Bola Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.
Tinubu is the Chairman of the authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The ECOWAS defence chiefs had on Thursday pledged readiness to participate in a standby force that would restore democracy in Niger after generals toppled and detained President Mohamed Bazoum.
My concern is about the needlessness of the canvassed ruinous engagement which, if not nipped in the bud, is certain to drag West Africa, indeed the whole Africa back to the Stone Age and reduce the hapless owners of the continent to dregs and pauperised savages.
The Economic Community of West African States has said it was more likely to use military force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic.
ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musa stated this during an interview with the BBC on Sunday.
He stated this in a televised broadcast on Saturday night.
The delegation travelled to Niger in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with Niger Junta.
The regional block of ECOWAS is pushing for a peaceful resolution to the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum.
Military staff of the three countries met in the Nigerien capital Niamey to decide on “concrete measures” in case ECOWAS chooses to “escalate a war,” according to local media reports on Saturday.
Niger military officers deposed President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and have defied calls from the United Nations, ECOWAS and Western powers to reinstate him, prompting West African heads of state to order the standby force to be assembled.
ECOWAS member states, according to Ghana’s army spokesman had initially mulled a military intervention against those who carried out Niger’s coup, and the bloc’s heads of state had ordered a military force to be readied to restore constitutional order during a special summit, but they said a peaceful resolution of the conflict should continue to be pursued.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has praised the solidarity of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political impasse in the Republic of Niger.