A pressure group, namely Citoyen Liberte, announced that if President Muhammadu Buhari does not intervene in Libya the situation will worsen into a humanitarian crisis for Togo and neighbouring West African regions.
The group has urged President Buhari to work with the embattled President of Togo Faure Gnassingbé to hear the requests of the people.
Mr. Emmanuel Adjoa in a statement said “Many had been killed since the impasse commenced, adding that no fewer than 500 asylum-seekers had been registered by the Ghanaian authorities. Tensions are mounting. The opposition, at least, plans to keep the pressure on Faure Gnassingbé. But Togo has a history of violent political repression. Why are the Heads of State of West African nations reluctant to take responsibility as it was the case in the Gambia during the regime of former President Yayah Jammeh?
“The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a group of 15 countries are essential to the Gambia’s success. “It stationed troops on the Gambian border and threatened to invade unless Mr. Jammeh gave up power. But, why today ECOWAS has been slow to respond to the crisis in Togo?
“Peaceful protesters were killed, hundreds were arrested and many have fled their homes to neighbouring countries like Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso.
”For how long would the leaders of ECOWAS keep silent without a concrete action to save the Togolese people from a 21st-century military dictatorship of the Gnassingbe dynasty?
“This is the right time for President Buhari as the eldest of all the heads of state in the ECOWAS region and the Head of State of the region’s leading power to take responsibility. We want him to openly ask Faure Gnassingbe to listen to the voice of the majority of Togolese.
”The issue in Togo is an unacceptable political anomaly.This has to change. Africa needs democracy. The time of the dynasties is gone.’’
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