President Bola Ahmed Tinubu charged West African sub-region leaders to rise above coups d’état and threats to democracy.
Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, made this known in a statement following the emergence of Tinubu as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS at the ongoing 63rd Ordinary session in Guinea Bissau.
The Nigerian leader affirmed that insecurity and creeping terrorism are stunting the progress and development of the West African region, noting that the threat to peace in the region had reached alarming proportions with terrorism, and an emerging pattern of military takeover that now demanded urgent and concerted actions.
He emphasised the need to embrace kinetic and non-kinetic operations, including preventive diplomacy, to end regional insecurity.
The President of Africa’s most populous country also pledged to harmonise all strategies and resources towards actualising lasting peace in the region.
