UPDATED: Lift sanctions on Mali, B’Faso, Niger, Gowon urges ECOWAS

A former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, Yakubu Gowon, has urged the regional bloc government to lift sanctions on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. Gowon gave the recommendation in an open letter to the Heads of State and the ECOWAS member