Niger Republic’s new military ruler, on Saturday, said a transition of power would happen within the next three three years.
The military junta, therefore, warned that any attack on the country would not be easy for those involved.
“Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power “would not go beyond three years”, he said.
But he added: “If an attack were to be undertaken against us, it will not be the walk in the park some people seem to think.”
He also said: “ECOWAS is getting ready to attack Niger by setting up an occupying army in collaboration with a foreign army,” without saying which country he meant.
Tiani’s warning came after a delegation from West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in the country for a final diplomatic push before deciding whether to take military action against the country’s new military rulers.
