Exactly six weeks after the coup in Niger, FRANCE 24 interviewed Abdel-Fatau Musah, the West African bloc ECOWAS's Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security. He insisted that ECOWAS was not discussing any kind of transition with the junta in Niamey and that instead the bloc continued to demand the release of President Mohamed Bazoum and the immediate restoration of constitutional order.
Musah dismissed reports that ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian president, had floated the idea of a nine-month transition to civilian rule in Niger, in the wake of the July 26 coup.
