West African leaders holds talks on Niger as coup leaders stand firm
The meeting comes two weeks after a military junta overthrew democratically elected Mohamed Bazoum and several days after the coup leaders ignored ECOWAS’ previous invasion threat.
While leaders did mention military force and indicated they would activate the groups’ Standby Force, Tinubu stressed the Economic Community of West Africa States has a “duty to exhaust all avenues of engagement to ensure a swift return to constitutional governance in Niger.”“We still look to engage the parties involved, including the coup leaders, in honest discussions to convince them to relinquish power,” he said.
“People are very indisposed to go to war,” he said from Port Harcourt, Nigeria. “The average Nigerian, in my view at the moment, really wants the government to concentrate on the economy.” While ECOWAS members called on the junta to re-instate Bazoum, coup leaders have named their own government. They’ve also refused to meet with any ECOWAS or United Nation diplomats.The juntas in nearby Burkina Faso and Mali have vowed to defend the new leaders.
“I hope that through our collective effort we can bring about a peaceful resolution as a roadmap to restoring stability and democracy in Niger,” Tinubu said. “All is not lost yet.”
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