ECOWAS Invasion: Niger Military deploy troops to neighboring borders (video)

By Charity Obi On 11 months ago

Nigerien army soldiers from the 322nd Parachute Regiment practice field tactics during combat training facilitated by U.S. Army Soldiers during exercise Flintlock 2007 in Maradi, Niger, April 6, 2007. The multi-national exercise, which is part of the U.S. State Department's Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, is an ongoing and long standing military-to-military relationship between Niger and the U.S. that provides an interactive exchange of military, linguistic and intercultural skills for both countries and will also help Niger to respond to threats within and across their borders to maintain security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Larson) (Released)

According to a video that has surfaced, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is preparing to launch a military intervention, the coup leaders in the Niger Republic have begun stationing troops along the country’s border with Benin, one of its neighbors.

Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counterinsurgency specialist in Lake Chad, revealed the discovery.

According to Platinum Times, ECOWAS threatened to take probable military action against the Nigeran junta that had taken control and suspended the constitution.

The Republic of Niger’s constitutional order was restored by the standby force of ECOWAS last month.

The directive was issued in response to ECOWAS’s decision about the coup in Niger during its emergency meeting in Abuja.

The army of the regional group has not yet entered Niger, though.