The ECOWAS Parliament has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and supports his quick action to bring democracy back to the Benin Republic.
Barau Jibrin, the Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy President of Nigeria’s Senate, stated that Nigeria acted in the best interests of peace and stability in West Africa while announcing the resolution of the regional bloc’s parliament.
ECOWAS reportedly proclaimed a state of emergency in West Africa earlier.
On December 9, 2025, at the 55th ministerial session of the Mediation and Security Council in Abuja, Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, made the news.
Touray stressed that these incidents highlight the critical need for more funding for community security and in-depth consideration of the sub-region’s democratic future.
The events, according to Touray, underscore the “urgent need to invest in the security of our community and the imperative of serious introspection on the future of our democracy.”
The announcement comes after increased unrest, which included a coup attempt in Benin that was foiled a few days prior.
Touray identified elections as one of the region’s “major triggers of instability.”
“We have continued to witness political practices that violate these principles despite the best efforts of our community to establish constitutional convergence principles and to have a support program for elections in our region to safeguard our democratic credentials and stability,” he stated.
He continued, “We also have to negotiate with our neighbors, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), especially the terms of our security cooperation as we continue to see the devastating effect of terrorist groups along our borders with them.”
