The Chadian President, Mahamat Idriss Deby who Is representing the head of states and government of ECOWAS in Niger Republic met the deposed President Bazoum Mohamed In Niger and also spoke with the Former President Muhamadu Yusufu and the head of the military junta, Tchini where he conveyed the regional body’s resolution to him.
Recall that ECOWAS, at the extraordinary summit on Socio-political situations in Niger Republic organised at the behest of its chairperson and Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, imposed stiff restrictions on the coup plotters and gave them seven days to restore democratic government to the country.
Below are the resolutions of the regional body at the end of the fifty-first extraordinary meeting:
1. Closure of Land and air borders between ECOWAS and Niger.
2. Institution of ECOWAS no flight zone to all commercial flights to and fro Niger.
3. Suspension of all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS member states and Niger.
4. Freeze all service transactions including energy transactions.
5. Freeze assets of Niger Republic in all ECOWAS Central banks.
6. Freeze all Niger Republic and its state enterprises and Parastatals in commercial banks.
7. Suspension of Niger from all financial assistance and transactions with all financial institutions.
8. Impose travel bans on the military officials and their families involved in the coup attempt including anyone who accepts to take a position in the military government.
