ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs Abdel-Fatau Musah at a press conference in Accra, Ghana on August 18, 2023. (Photo: AFP/ VNA)

He added ECOWAS also asked the Niger military government to release ousted President Mohamed Bazoum as a gesture of good will.

Musah said ECOWAS is in no hurry to opt for a military variant of the crisis settlement in Niger, and that they haven’t seen any concrete steps on the part of the military.

Musah said after a meeting of the bloc’s military chiefs in Ghana on August 18 that the exact date for the intervention in Niger had been determined, but it is yet to be officially announced.