of the defense chiefs attending this to day closed meeting the nigerian chief of defense, christopher robin mussa. he said, we want to charles of course the will of hold democracy and the rules. he went on to say that our response must not be driven by fear. and that basically the credibility of echo us is on the line here. he said that we are not only looking for a good solution, finish it, but we must emerge a stronger echo us. the gone and defense minister said that the dominic and the to the to will. sorry. you said no one is safe in west africa. if the presidential god in new jersey can take the president hostage. so certainly the rhetoric is strong at this stage, but we know that course he's facing a whole host of problems. first of what journalists will tell you is the lack of unity amongst the respective member states themselves. we know we've had some all the language, for example from the president of the library kind of show off to the last echo as meeting in a boucher described to the attention of nature as president as nothing showed of terrorism and immediately offered a battalion o

close meeting by these defense cheeks right across the region, the nigerian chief of defense, christopher robin mussa. he said that we wants to charge a cost that will uphold the democracy. and the rule of law in this year he went on to say, a response must not be driven by fear. but it was started pointing at the back. the credibility full echo as really hanging in the balance here. he said we are not only looking for a good solution for the jet, but we must emerge a stronger echo us. you've also had comment as you were playing the in from echo axis commission and for peace and security optimal for 2. most he said that if all else fails, then a stand by pharmacies ready to respond to the call of duty. and he went on to say that they were all serious and different interests at stake, but by all means, the color of his old constitutional older will be resolved. interestingly, also from the host nation had gone to the gone and defense minister dominic nature will say that no one is safe in west africa if a presidential god in this yeah. can take the president hostage. so yeah, some very strong words at