The Authority of Heads of State and Government for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved to engage with the leaders of the group that recently seized authority in Burkina Faso.
The ECOWAS body has agreed to send high-powered military and diplomatic emissaries to Ouagadougou, the capital of the country, on Saturday (today) for situation assessments of developments in the country.
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, disclosed this to journalists after an emergency virtual meeting of the ECOWAS apex decision-making body.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari, is in support of the decisions taken.
According to the Onyeama, Nigeria is fully in support of the ECOWAS demand for an immediate return to constitutional rule, the release of the incarcerated President Roch Marc Kabore and total cooperation with the regional body in the process of sorting out the current situation.
He said, “the position is, of course, we condemn the coup and asking for an immediate return to constitutional order, the release of the President and anybody else who’s being detained and to cooperate with ECOWAS and to be part of ECOWAS decisions.”
