Citing the threat of Foreign Military intervention. They claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Bbc correspondent chris ewokor is following the story from the neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the alternation given to the coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president mohamed bazoum. The leaders are due to meet later this week to agree on the demands by ecowas mac defence chiefs and other matters which will help them resolve this diplomatically. Believers want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of the government in the region will no longer be acceptable. Meanwhile, here in North Western nigeria the board remains closed against niger. Long lines of vehicles, lorries, carrying loads covered with tombola, have been stranded with their drive
citing the threat of foreign military intervention. they claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. it comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west african regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. the group now plans to hold an emergency summit on thursday. bbc correspondent chris ewokor is following the story from the neighbouring nigeria. it is one day after the expiration of the alternation given to the coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president mohamed bazoum. the leaders are due to meet later this week to agree on the demands by ecowas mac defence chiefs and other matters which will help them resolve this diplomatically. believers want to make very clear that coup or military takeover of the government in the region will no longer be
action by ecowas. this statement focused on the need for citizens to reawaken their patriotic spirit in the wake of economic sanctions imposed by ecowas mac. neighbouring mali and burkina faso have showed solidarity to the coup leaders. they sent a junta delegation in support of thejunta. they sent a junta delegation in support of the junta. the sentence imposed on the country continue to take effect. the price of commodities have gone up price of commodities have gone up and niger remains darkness, cut off from electricity supply from nigeria. chris ewokor, bbc news, at the border with niger. meanwhile, a state department spokesman says that following the military coup, more than $100 million of aid to niger has been suspended and would be withheld until president bazoum is reinstated. secretary of state s antony blinken said in a statement that: