Coup-hit Niger's neighbours have not ruled out military intervention, Nigeria's president said, ahead of a West African coalition's crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday
With the military junta in Niger refusing to restore civilian rule, West Africa's regional bloc have agreed a plan for potential military intervention.
Niger's junta threatened an immediate response to "any aggression" as a deadline given by its neighbours to reverse last week's coup neared, while the country's ousted leader called for international help to "restore our constitutional order".