ECOWAS Orders Deployment of Standby Force to Restore Constitutional Order in Niger.

ECOWAS leaders have ordered the immediate invasion of Niger, charging its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger.

ECOWAS chairman, President Bola Tinubu, says the ongoing political crisis in Niger Republic threatens the stability of Nigeria and other West African countries.

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This was declared at the 2nd extraordinary summit on the socio-political situation in the Republic of Niger held in Abuja on Thursday.

Present at the summit were Presidents of Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Cote ‘d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Sierra Leone, and Togo, while Liberia and the Gambia were represented by their Foreign Ministers.

Meanwhile, Niger’s military junta had earlier announced a new government on Thursday, naming Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, prime minister, to lead other 21 new ministers forming the new government.

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