Why ECOWAS Didn't Invade Niger? Sierra Leone President Explains

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At first, when the coup occurred in Niger, everybody thought it would be like the coup in Burkina Faso and Mali where after the initial condemnation of the coup by the International community and regional blocs, it would be eventually accepted and an agreement would be made between the regional bloc and the military government on when to restore constitutional power. But, imagine the shock when the leader of the regional bloc, President Bola Tinubu who had just been elected as the leader of ECOWAS, declared with all confidence that “Niger had one week to reinstate the deposed President, Bazoom into power or else there would be war. Imagine the absurdity that ECOWAS actually threatened to go to war with a country that is one of the poorest in the Sahel region and is already fighting two wars on terror on two separate fronts: Against Boko Haram in the southeast and against ISIS in the Tri-Border region.

It was just obvious that President Bola Tinubu was working under the puppet strings of France and the USA who were behind the idea of military intervention. It was also obvious that he wanted to show himself given that the Niger coup was his first assignment as the newly appointed head of ECOWAS. What a shame!