The military junta in Niger Republic has reportedly deployed military personnel along its border with Benin, one of its neighboring countries.
This development was revealed through a video posted by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama.
The deployment of troops along the border comes amid concerns of a possible ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) invasion as part of efforts to restore democracy and constitutional order in Niger Republic.
The ECOWAS had earlier directed the deployment of the sub-regional Standby Force on August 10, but a full-scale invasion has not occurred, and diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation have not succeeded so far.
“Niger deploys Military to the Niger- Beninese Border amidst eminent military intervention plans of ECOWAS,” he wrote.
