West African defence chiefs have made a plan for potential military intervention to reverse last week's coup in Niger, including how and when to deploy forces, a leader of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Friday (August 4), Reuters reports.
Speaking at a meeting in Nigeria's capital Abuja they said they wanted to "make an example of Niger," end coups in the region and prove to Niger's putsh leaders that ECOWAS was not all talk and no action.
The regional bloc will not divulge to the coup plotters when and where it will strike. That decision that will be taken by the heads of states, said Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs, peace and security.
ECOWAS has already imposed sanctions on Niger and said it could authorize the use of force if the coup leaders do not restore power to elected President Mohamed Bazoum by a Sunday (August 6) deadline.
