The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been cautioned against military action in the Niger Republic by Nasir el-Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna, on Tuesday.
The head of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had declared that if the Niger coup leaders do not cede control to deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, the organisation will resort to using force as a last resort.
Following a meeting of the ECOWAS defence chiefs on Thursday in Accra, Ghana’s capital, ECOWAS announced that it had started the activation of its standby force in Niger.
