Abuja, Nigeria – Na serious matter wey dey happen for West Africa as ECOWAS don declare state of emergency for di entire region. This announcement comot from Omar Touray, wey be di President of di ECOWAS Commission, during wetin dem call di 55th ministerial session of di Mediation and Security Council wey happen for Abuja on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
Touray kardi di news come tell ministers and diplomats sey di security situation for di region don become worst pass wetin we fit ever imagine. E gree say West Africa dey face high-risk rating, as military interventions and political shakings don turn wetin suppose be democracy into one serious wahala.
“If you check di happenings for di last few weeks, you go see say we need to think deep about di future of our democracy. We need to put our money where mouth dey when e come to security,” he yarn. (Dem no fit talk am better pass dat o!)
Our guy Touray use di recent coups as example, especially di one wey happen for Benin, and wetin dey happen for Guinea wey dey show sey instability don dey rise sharper. E come add sey elections don turn wahala be dat, as pipo dey vex for di way tinz dey happen.
As if dem no sabi say wahala dey, he still talk sey geopolitics dey add to di internal problems. Di recent coup in Guinea-Bissau and di foiled coup in Benin show sey democracy for West Africa dey hang for one tight rope. No be wetin you fit just ignore o!
The killings of civilian life wey dey happen for di region no go gree make am better too, with about 7.6 million people don dey run away from dem home. Di figures come from UN data, mark odas like Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali wey dey carry di high numbers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Na wetin we fit call humanitarian wahala for di region.
As di meeting dey continue, di Council go discuss wetin dem fit do to solve dis matter wey don spoil for di region. Sierra Leone‘s Foreign Minister, Timothy Kabba, sharply remind dem sey recent coups don show say di democracy wey dem don fight for e dey fragile.
Na now dem go put hand together work am well, as di pipo dey expect dem to tackle di issues seriously. Na no be time for apportion blame, but time for action wey go help protect di citizens and ensure peace.” (Make dem no carry di future of di region just play like sey na football match wey dey happen for street!).
Di heads of state dem go also gather to consider di recommendations from di Council. With di pressure no go fit reduce, di time don dey ripe to restore stability for the region before e dey too late. Na tug of war wey fit determine wetin go be di fate of over 400 million people for dis side of di world.
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