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NIGER: ECOWAS Delegates Meet Deposed President Bazoum

A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met with the deposed Leader of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum, on Saturday.

This much was confirmed by Radio France International radio station.

The delegation was led by Ex Nigerian Military Leader, Abdulsalami Abubakar.

President Bazoum is currently being detained in his home.

This comes after members of his Presidential Guard executed a coup to boot him out of office on July 26.

Following the Coup, ECOWAS Defence Chief have met more than once in Abuja, Nigeria, to strategize on how to reinstall Bazoum back to office.

It is the stance of the regional bloc that democracy be preserved.

Defence Chiefs of ECOWAS met recently in Accra, Ghana, on August 17th and 18th, 2023, to fine-tune modalities for an invasion of Nigeria should peace dialogue yield no result.

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