ECOWAS is not a supranational body; it cannot compel compliance with its decisions on Niger Republic, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
Mali has accepted Russia’s proposal to hold a meeting on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in April.
Mr Otubanjo, a research professor at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, made the assertion in an interview in Lagos.
The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Ibrahim Kana, has described Nigeria’s foreign policy as Afrocentric.
Mr Harris expressed concern over the impact of money laundering and the financing of terrorism on the socio-economic development in West Africa.
In July 2023, the regional bloc imposed sanctions on Niger following a coup that toppled the country’s President Mohamed Bazoum.
ECOWAS leaders would also address the political situation in Senegal at the Abuja meeting.
Mr Chambas also called on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger military leaders to withdraw their threat to exit from the sub-regional bloc.
“The drive for a peaceful, strong, and united West Africa is bigger than any one person or group of people.”
Mr Tinubu charged the Nigerian Army to “upscale the fight against insecurity, which has robbed us of peace and progress.”
