COAS Seeks Stronger ECOWAS Security Cooperation Against Emerging Threats

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has called for deeper regional security cooperation and stronger defence partnerships among ECOWAS member states to tackle emerging security threats across West Africa.
Shaibu made the call on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, when the Chief of Staff, ECOWAS Standby Force, Brigadier General Sheik Massaquoi, led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Army Headquarters in Abuja.
In a statement by the Army spokesperson, Colonel Appolonia Anele, the COAS said the increasingly complex and transnational nature of contemporary security threats required greater cooperation among countries in the region.
He identified terrorism, viol...