Defence Chiefs from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Cote D’Ivoire, and Cape Verde are in attendance at the meeting, which is taking place at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
The meeting is being chaired by the chairman of ECOWAS military chief, Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.
The meeting is coming after the seven-day ultimatum issued by the Economic Community of West African States following the military coup in Niger Republic.
Nigerien President Mohammed Bazoum was held in his palace last Wednesday by the nation’s Presidential Guard.
The Commander of Niger’s Presidential Guards, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, had last Friday, toppled a democratically elected government in the country.
Tchiani, who has headed the Presidential Guard since 2011, said the coup was the military’s response to “the degradation of the security situation” linked to jihadist bloodshed.