By Murtala Kamara Mohammed, AfricaNews
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, 26 August 2009: Foreign ministers from West Africa cautioned the Niger president to respect the rule of law and create an atmosphere for the restoration of democracy in Niger.
Nigeria’s foreign minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe said the region will not tolerate Niger to destroy democratic gains it has achieved over the years.
In his bid to stay in power at all cost, the Niger President Tanja defied world leaders, regional bodies, donor communities and dissolve his country’s parliament and tampered with the West African country’s constitution.
At the end of the one day meeting of ECOWAS , the leaders agreed through a communiqué that an ad hoc Council convey a Summit of Heads of State and Government on 5th September 2009.
The four-member ad hoc ministerial committee which was given the task of convening the said Summit include: Nigeria as head, Sierra Leone, Benin and Burkina Faso.
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