{"id":106567,"date":"2023-07-30T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106567"},"modified":"2023-07-30T17:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:24:57","slug":"breaking-ecowas-gives-niger-coup-plotters-one-week-to-restore-bazoum-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-ecowas-gives-niger-coup-plotters-one-week-to-restore-bazoum-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: ECOWAS gives Niger coup plotters one week to restore Bazoum as President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1772862710305900679\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States,\u00a0 ECOWAS, Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military in Niger Republic to restore ousted President Muhammed Bazoum to office.<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the extraordinary session of the Authority presided over by its Chairman, President Bola Tinubu in Abuja followed its deliberations on developments in the country where President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by members of his presidential guards for days.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Commander of the country\u2019s Presidential Guards, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, had on Friday, declared himself the Head of a Transitional Government.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAt Sunday\u2019s meeting, the Authority affirmed its recognition of\u00a0 Bazoum as the legitimate President of the country and as well announced the imposition of land border closures and suspension of all commercial flights between Niger Republic and ECOWAS member states.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, announced the decision, saying that all Chiefs of Defense Staff of the member states will proceed for an emergency meeting to strategize on effective ways to implement a possible military operation to restore Bazoum to office.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the ECOWAS will \u201cTake all measures necessary to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Nigeria. Such measures may include the use of force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this effect, the Chiefs of Defense staff of ECOWAS are to meet immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On economic sanctions against the Nigeria\u2019s northern neighbour, Touray said that ECOWAS has approved the \u201cSuspension of all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS Member States and Asia. Freeze all service transactions including energy transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreeze assets of the Republic of Niger in Aqua Central Bank. Freeze of assets of the Niger State and the state enterprises and parastatals in commercial banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuspension of measure from all financial assistance and transactions with all financial institutions, particularly EBID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among leaders who attended\u00a0 the meeting are President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, Alassane Ouattara of Cote D\u2019Ivoire and Faure Gnassingbe of Togo.<\/p>\n<p>Others are President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Patrice Talon of Benin, and President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Transitional President of Chad, Mahamat Deby, showed up and departed before the opening of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Verde and Liberia are being represented by their Foreign Affairs Ministers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States,\u00a0 ECOWAS, Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military in Niger Republic to restore&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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