On the evening of the 7th local time, the Economic Community of West African States Commission issued a statement saying that the chairman of the ECOWAS summit had ordered the immediate dispatch of some armed forces to Benin. This force consists of troops from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana, and will assist the Beninese Government and military in maintaining the country's constitutional order and territorial integrity.

On the evening of the 7th local time, the Economic Community of West African States Commission issued a statement saying that the chairman of the ECOWAS summit had ordered the immediate dispatch of some armed forces to Benin. This force consists of troops from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana, and will assist the Beninese Government and military in maintaining the country's constitutional order and territorial integrity.