Some Nigeriens in Ghana have declared their support for the proposed ECOWAS military intervention in Niger.

This follows last month’s coup which toppled the government of Mohammed Bazoum.

The Nigeriens, who picketed at their embassy in Accra, are therefore encouraging ECOWAS’ invasion of their country to force out the military junta.

Speaking on JoyNews, one Nigerien said Mohammed Bazoum is a man of integrity and is the only President who can develop and make Niger a better country.

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“President Mohammed Bazoum is a humble man, he’s a good man, and we haven’t gotten a president like Mohammed Bazoum.”

“If he rules for about 10 years, Niger will really develop,” he stressed.

He added that the recent coup has increased cost of living in Niger and even affected businesses.

“It has affected everything, now if you go for goods to come to Ghana, they can’t get here because the border has been closed, so the goods are at the border, plenty people have lost money, they’ve lost their businesses, they’ve become poor men,” the devastated Nigerien lamented.

He explained that things were previously cheaper in Niger but the soldiers have ruined all the good things the country had to offer.

“Everything is cheap in Niger, food is cheap, but the soldiers have now come so food is really costly, no electricity, they’ve closed the border, nothing is going on in Niger now,” he said.

Another Nigerien at the scene indicated that he wants the soldiers to go back to their post because they need democracy and want President Bazoum to be reinstated.

“We don’t need soldiers, we need democracy, the whole of Africa, and we need democracy.

“We need our president to come back to his seat, what these soldiers did is not coup, it is kidnapping, we need Bazoum,” he said.

They advised their fellow Nigeriens in Niger to talk to the military junta to calm down and support the president for him to be reinstated.

ECOWAS’ efforts to return the country to constitutional rule has so far yielded no effort as the junta has refused to hand over power.

Joint military chiefs of the sub-regional body are currently meeting in Accra to develop a strategy for a military intervention following an earlier meeting of their Heads of State who approved the deployment of forces.

Meanwhile, ECOWAS Military Chiefs say they are ready for military action in Niger to restore democratic rule in the country.