The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan.
ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musa stated this during an interview with the BBC on Sunday.
Daily Trust reports that General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, had said in a televised broadcast on Saturday night that the army will hand over power to the civilian government within the next three years.
But in the interview Abdel-Fatau Musa said that General Tchiani’s proposal is just a smokescreen for dialogue and diplomacy.
In a last-ditch diplomatic effort to find a peaceful resolution with the Niger junta, former Military Head of State Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger earlier on Saturday.
At the airport, Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine met the team and escorted them to the presidential palace.
Following their meeting with the leader of the junta, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, they later had a meeting with the deposed president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum.
The first peace conference presided ver by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar was when ECOWAS’s standby force was activated.
According to the report, the Niger junta disregarded the order to reinstall President Mohamed Bazoum.
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