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Citing Libya as an example, the church’s President, Most. Rev. Alexis Touabli Youlo, said the West African leaders must toe path of dialogue and ensure that the development does not deteriorate beyond control.
“Libya remains a tragic example of the disastrous consequences for people’s lives, dignity and future.
Don’t Turn Niger To Another Libya, African Bishops Warn Tinubu-Led ECOWAS Against Military Action

The church, in its letter to the chairman of ECOWAS, Bola Tinubu, Heads of State of ECOWAS and the Transitional Authorities in Niger, called for restraint and discernment in the management of the socio-political situation in the country.
The Libya humanitarian crisis which is still ongoing started in 2011 and had resulted in the displacement of over 900,000 people as of 2020, with the escalation still ongoing, a United Nations official, Yacoub El Hillo, had disclosed.
The crisis in Libya started out as a protest and then there was a foreign military intervention to oust the country’s then leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
Though he was eventually killed, the country is yet to recover from the development as conflicts keep breaking out from different quarters.
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Don’t Turn Niger To Another Libya, African Bishops Warn Tinubu-Led ECOWAS Against Military Action