The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) under President Bola Tinubu has threatened electricity, financial, travels and trade cuts against the military junta in Niger.
The body gave the junta seven days to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum as democratically elected President or face a range of stiff sanctions.
The regional body also tasked all Chiefs of Defense Staff of the member-states to proceed for an emergency meeting to strategize on effective ways to implement a possible military operation to restore constitutional order to office.
The decisions were contained in a communique read by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, on Sunday.
ECOWAS took the following decisions:
1. Closure of Land and air borders between ECOWAS and Niger.
2. Institution of ECOWAS no flight zone to all commercial flights to and fro Niger.
3. Suspension of all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS member states and Niger.
4. Freeze all service transactions including energy transactions.
5. Freeze assets of Niger Republic in all ECOWAS Central banks.
6. Freeze all Niger State and the state enterprises and parastatals in commercial banks.
7. Suspension of Niger from all financial assistance and transactions with all financial institutions.
8. Impose travel bans on the military officials and their families involved in the coup attempt including anyone who accepts to take a position in the military government.
