Return Guinea To Constitutional Order - ECOWAS Directs Military

The President Akufo Addo and the Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States, have condemned the coup d’état staged in Guinea on Sunday, September 5, 2021 and demanded a swift return to the constitutional rule. In a statement signed by President Akufo Addo who is also the Chair of the bloc, ECOWAS

asked for the  immediate and unconditional release of President Alpha Condé as well as others also arrested. ECOWAS notes with great concern the recent political developments which have occurred in Conakry, capital of Republic Guinea. ECOWAS condemns unreservedly the attempted coup of the Sunday, September 5, 2021.

ECOWAS demands respect for the physical safety of the President of the Republic, Professor Alpha Condé, and his immediate and unconditional release, as well as that of all arrested persons. ECOWAS also demands a return to the constitutional order on pain of sanctions. ECOWAS reaffirms its objection to any unconstitutional

political change. We also ask the Guinean defense and security forces to remain in a constitutional posture, and express our solidarity with the Guinean people and their government, it added. Soldiers led by commander of Guinea’s special forces on the Sunday, September 5, the 2021 took over the reigns of power after about two hours of gun battle in the country’s capital.