Leaders of the Niger junta have reportedly begun to evacuate their families to Bukina Faso and Dubai with a renewed threat by the Economic Community of West African States forces to invade the country.<\/p>\n
The movement was said to have been carried out through the country\u2019s Agadez Airport, a few days ago, and it involved Gulfstream G550 jets.<\/p>\n
Arise News on Friday quoted a source familiar with the movement to have said, \u201cIn the night of Friday, 11th to Saturday 12th of August 2023, the Nigerien junta, under the command of General Tchiani, evacuated all the putschists\u2019 families.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndeed, several Gulfstream G550 type aircraft (in particular flight No. BFY824R) took off from Agadez Airport to Burkina Faso and Dubai with their women and children on board.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the source, \u201cGeneral Tchiani appears to have had intelligence of an imminent attack by ECOWAS.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe protects his family and leaves Nigerien people behind to a certain death. While he shelters his family, Tchiani is ready to send soldiers into a fratricidal war.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is as ECOWAS said it was ready to intervene militarily in Niger Republic if diplomatic efforts to persuade the ruling military junta, which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 coup, to restore democracy in the country failed.<\/p>\n
ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, disclosed this on Thursday in Ghana at a gathering of West African defence chiefs, who were meeting to deliberate on a standby force.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet no one be in doubt that if everything else fails, the valiant forces of West Africa\u2026are ready to answer to the call of duty,\u201d Reuters quoted Musah as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy all means available, constitutional order will be restored in the country,\u201d he added<\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, said at the start of the two-day meeting in Accra, \u201cDemocracy is what we stand for and it\u2019s what we encourage\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThe focus of our gathering is not simply to react to events, but to proactively chart a course that results in peace and promotes stability.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting to discuss Niger\u2019s crisis came after the August 6 deadline for the mutinous soldiers to release and reinstate Bazoum or face military intervention.<\/p>\n
Bazoum has remained under house arrest with his wife and son in Niger\u2019s capital, Niamey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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