HOUSE OF REPS CONDEMN RE-EMERGENCE  OF COUPS IN WEST AFRICA

The House of Representatives yesterday condemned the resurgence of coups in Burkina Faso and other West African countries, saying it portrays great dangers to democratic values in the region.
This is sequel to an urgent motion by a member of the house, Julius Ihonvbere, with the title, Need to Condemn Increasing Resort To Military Coups In the West African Sub-region.

Ihonvbere lamented that there had been at least four coups in the sub-region in the last six months alone, with recent cases being Burkina Faso and Mali.
However, the House called for sanctions from Nigeria, and other countries as well as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).