Niger Coup: Photos From Second ECOWAS Meeting In Abuja

Photos from the 2nd Extra-Ordinary Summit on the Socio-Political Situation in Niger Republic have emerged.

Naija News reports that the meeting took place on Thursday at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting was attended by the ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, President. Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco of Guinea Bissau and President Everiste Ndayishimiye of Burundi.

Others are President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania , President Nana Akofo-Ado of Ghana, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic and Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo.

The Gambia and Liberia are member-states being represented by their Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Those absent are the heads of state in the troubled Niger Republic, Mali, Chad, and Burkina Faso.

Also at the meeting are Non-ECOWAS leaders, Mauritanian and Burundian Presidents, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, while the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson was represented by Amb. Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, AUC.

Below are some of the pictures from the meeting.