NIGER COUP: ECOWAS DELEGATION MEETS OUSTED BAZOUM
The Economic Community of West African States group was led by former Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar on Saturday. They met with Mohamed Bazoum, who has been imprisoned in his home since the military overthrew him on July 26.
According to the radio station Radio France International,
On August 17 and 18, 2023, in Accra, Ghana, ECOWAS defense officials met to finalize plans for potential military action in the event that ongoing negotiations with the coup leaders fall through.
Abdel-Fatau Musah, an ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs and security, declared on Friday following the meeting of the military chiefs, “We are prepared to go whenever the order is given.
“The D-Day is also decided.”
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