Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have suspended Mali from the regional bloc.
The decision was reached after an emergency meeting of the sub-regions leaders in Accra, Ghana on Sunday.
Shirley Ayorko, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs minister, told journalists that the Malian junta’s non-adherence to the mediatory role of ECOWAS necessitated the decision of ECOWAS leaders.
AIT quoting Ayorko that the West Africa leaders gave a few days ultimatum to the Colonel Assimi Goitta-led junta to restore a civilian to the post of Prime Minister so that the transition agreed to follow the ouster of the democratically-elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last August, is followed up to its February 2022 terminal date.
ECOWAS special envoy and former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan briefed the meeting behind closed doors of his mediatory trips to Mali last week.
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari was among the leaders who attended the one-day emergency meeting in Accra.
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