The Nigerien military junta on Monday, refused the Monday’s request by a joint delegation from the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to meet with it.
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In spite of the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to reinstall the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, the military junta in Niger Republic has appointed the country’s former Minister of Economy, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, as the new prime minister.
A delegation consisting of representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the United Nations will travel to Niger on Tuesday to meet with coup leaders.
On Tuesday, the Niger coup leaders vowed to resist external pressure to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum after ECOWAS imposed sanctions and Western allies suspended aid.
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has advised President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), against the plan to attack Niger Republic.
As the controversy surrounding Nigeria, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s deployment of troops to Niger Republic, Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), have joined in adducing reasons why President Bola Tinubu cannot unilaterally take such action to restore democratic rule in the neighbouring country.
Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister.
Niger republic, for the first, and hopefully not the last time, the country witnessed a peaceful democratic transition of power in 63 years. President Mahamadou Issoufou escaped being toppled when he handed over power to Mohamed Bazoum in 2021. The country threaded on the path of democracy in the 21st Century, to the extent that the military deposed President Mamadou Tandja to halt his bid for extension of term in office. However, barely two years after the celebrated transition, the Nigerien Presidential Guards disrupt the country’s democratic thread.
Mali and Burkina Faso will send a joint delegation to Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Monday in a show of solidarity amidst a coup crisis, the Malian army said.
A former Chairman of the Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr. Bola Babarinde, has urged President Bola Tinubu to pursue peace and avoid going to war with the Niger military junta.