Nigeria cuts electricity supplies to intensify pressure on the Niger coup leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“ military option is the very last option on the table, the last resort, but we have to prepare for the eventuality,” said Mr Abdel-Fatau Musah, Ecowas commissioner for political affairs, peace and security.
A source in Niger’s power company said Nigeria had cut off its electricity supply to its neighbour as a result of the sanctions. Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries, depends on Nigeria for 70 per cent of its power, buying it from the Nigerian company Mainstream, according to Nigelec.
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