APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
The ECOWAS Commission says that it has received the news of an attempted Coup d’Etat in Niger with shock and consternation.
In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, ECOWAS said that it condemned in the strongest terms the attempt to seize power by force and called on the coup plotters to free the democratically elected President of the Republic immediately and without any condition.
“ECOWAS and the International Community will hold all those involved in the plot responsible for the security and safety of the President, his family, members of the government and the general public,” the statement said.
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