says stand force deployment preparations are in high gear.
According to Omar Touray, the president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, neither the sub-regional organisation nor any plans to invade the Niger Republic have declared war on its citizens.
This was stated by Touray on Friday at a press conference on the Niger and ECOWAS Member States in Transition held at the Commission’s Abuja headquarters.
A standby ECOWAS force was activated to restore constitutional order in Niger after leaders of the Economic Community of West African States Commission bloc pledged to explore all options for a peaceful resolution to the crisis.
On July 26, a military coup led by Abdourahamane Tchiani, the former head of the presidential guard in Niger, overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum.
Following the coup, former colonial powers France and the European Union cut off their financial and security assistance to Niger, and the United States issued a warning that its own assistance might be in jeopardy.
Britain had denounced attempts to undermine Niger’s democracy, peace, and stability and declared its support for ECOWAS in its mission to bring about stability in the country.
Touray said that there have been inaccurate representations of ECOWAS decisions or actions in reestablishing democracy in the Niger Republic to support his point.
He declared that the ECOWAS would use all necessary means, including standby force, to bring back civil rule in the Niger Republic.
Touray also mentioned that the Niger Republic, as a member of the bloc of countries in the West African region, abided by its rules and regulations regarding the deployment of measures to support its fight against terrorism in order to ensure the restoration of democracy, peace, and security in the community.
The President emphasised that plans are well under way to send the standby force to Niger and urged the Niger junta to pay attention to ECOWAS because it will not accept a coup d’état.
According to Touray, ECOWAS will not permit Nigeriens to suffer at the hands of the Niger junta.
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