Chad’s Transitional President, General Mahamat Déby Itno, arrived in Niamey this Sunday, July 30, shortly after the extraordinary ECOWAS summit held in Abuja, Nigeria.
Appointed mediator in the crisis in Niger after the July 26 coup, Mahamat Déby Itno arrived in Niamey to officially announce the decisions taken by the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community Organization. He will also try to meet Mohamed Bazoum, the only “legitimate president” according to Abuja.
Meeting in an emergency summit this Sunday in the Nigerian capital, West African leaders took “very harsh” economic sanctions against the Niamey putschists to whom they gave a seven-day ultimatum to release and reinstall the ousted president .
If the Chadian leader’s mediation fails, ECOWAS does not rule out the possibility of military intervention to restore constitutional order. A threat to which the military who took power responded with a severe warning. “We are ready,” warned General Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger’s new strongman.
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