ECOWAS mandate: Opposition to the plan to send troops to Niger continues On Saturday, the Senate of Nigeria, which is neighboring Niger, re...
ECOWAS mandate: Opposition to the plan to send troops to Niger continues
On Saturday, the Senate of Nigeria, which is neighboring Niger, rejected the plan to take military action threatened by ECOWAS.
On this Sunday, the deadline given by the West African Union of African Countries (ECOWAS) to the forces that staged a coup in the Republic of Niger to return President Mohamed Bazoum to the throne or take military action against them is coming to an end.
The term is about to be fulfilled while there are continuous calls to follow other peaceful ways to resolve the crisis of the country's leadership.
The forces guarding the presidential palace detained and declared a coup d'état in Niger on July 26.
On Saturday, the Senate of Nigeria, neighboring Niger, rejected the plan to take military action threatened by ECOWAS, where it called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the leader of the group, to look at other ways to overcome the crisis.
"It is not his jurisdiction (President Tinubu) alone, he does not have this authority to go to war with another country without bringing his reasons before the parliament." Said Senator Abdul Ningi.
ECOWAS has the authority to act before itself, if its members agree to carry out the attack.
However, the warnings from the countries of the region on the negative impact of the military attack have put a question mark on the future of the ECOWAS mandate.
The countries of Algeria and Chad, which are not members of the group, have shown their opposition to the decision, while Mali and Burkina Faso, which are under military rule, have declared that the decision is like launching a war against them.