Lubhalwe nguChiamaka Okafor
I-Economic Community of West African States inikeze labo abaqhuba itulo lokuketula umbuso e-Niger isonto elilodwa ukuthi babuyisele amandla kuhulumeni okhethwe ngokwentando yeningi – noma babhekane nokusetshenziswa kwendluzula.
“… uma kwenzeka izimfuno zeziphathimandla zingahlangatshezwa ngesonto elilodwa, bazothatha zonke izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze kubuyiselwe ukuhleleka komthethosisekelo e-Niger; lezi zinyathelo zingabandakanya ukusetshenziswa kwamandla,” kusho esitatimendeni.
Lo mbiko ufundwe usihlalo weKhomishini ye-Ecowas u-Omar Touray engqungqutheleni engajwayelekile ebibanjelwe e-Abuja ephinde yahlangana ukuphendula ukuketulwa kombuso kwangoLwesithathu e-Niger.
UTouray uthe le nhlangano ifinyelele ezinqumweni eziningi ngokuhlanganyela okuhlanganisa nokuthi uMengameli uMohammed Bazoum usalokhu enguMengameli oqokwe ngokusemthethweni kanye nenhloko yezwe lase-Romania yase-Niger njengoba kuhlonishwa i-Ecowas, i-African Union, kanye nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe.
I-Ecowas ikugxekile ukuketulwa komthethosisekelo e-Niger kanye nokuboshwa ngokungemthetho kukaBazoum, amalungu omndeni wakhe kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni ngoLwesithathu ngesikhathi ethi makakhululwe futhi abuyiselwe esikhundleni sakhe sokuba uMengameli.
Ibize ukuboshwa kukaMengameli ngokungemthetho njengesimo sokuthunjwa. Ithe ngeke yamukele noma yikuphi ukwesula okuhloswe ngakho ukuthi kuketulwe uBazoum. Ngendlela ejwayelekile yokuketula umbuso, izinhloko zemibuso zivame ukuphoqwa ukuthi zishiye phansi izintambo.
Kuzoqokwa okhethekile futhi uzophinde athunyelwe e-Niger ukuhambisa izimfuno ze-Ecowas amasosheni avukela umbuso.
Le nhlangano iphinde yagxeka ohulumeni bangaphandle abafaka unyawo lwedada kuloli daba.
I-Ecowas ifake unswinyo ngokushesha e-Niger ngesikhathi ilinde ukuthi kuphele isonto elilodwa.
Imemezele ukuvalwa ngokushesha kwemingcele yomoya neyomhlaba phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu e-Ecowas ne-Nigeria kanye nokubekwa kwendawo engathathi hlangothi phakathi kwalezi zifundazwe ne-Niger.
Konke ukuthengiselana kwezentengiso nezezimali phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu kanye ne-Niger kumisiwe; izivumelwano zase-Niger okuhlanganisa namandla kumisiwe.
Izimpahla sase-Niger emabhange asemazweni e-Ecowas nazo zizomiswa kanye nempahla yawo wonke amanye amabhizinisi kahulumeni nezikhungo e-Niger.
Ukwengeza, ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba kubekwe kuwo wonke amasosha abandakanyeka ekuketulweni kombuso futhi ama-akhawunti awo amisiwe. Amalungu omndeni wabo kanye nezakhamizi ezivuma ukubamba iqhaza kunoma yiziphi izikhungo kanye nakuhulumeni osungulwe abahleli bomshoshaphansi nawo azovalwa ama-akhawunti abo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Ikomkhulu le-Ecowas