Coup D’état: Senators Respond to Tinubu’s Request for Military Invasion of Niger
- At least 90 per cent of the Nigeria Senate has rejected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to invade the Republic of Niger
- This is on the heels of the military coup in the neighbouring West African nation on Wednesday, July 26
- On Saturday, August 5, the Nigerian senators urged President Tinubu to focus more on salvaging insecurity in Nigeria
FCT, Abuja - Nigerian Senators have declined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to invade the coup-inflicted Republic of Niger.
President Tinubu has been urged to focus more on a clamp down on Boko Haram, bandits and the agitators of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
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One of the Senators who attended an executive session at the national assembly on Saturday, August 5, said a resolution had been passed by the Senators condemning the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Senator said:
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“Almost all the senators spoke and totally ruled out the military options because of many factors and also because of the harmonious relationship that Nigeria and Niger has always enjoyed."
It was gathered that the Senators implored President Tinubu to approach the Niger coup situation with a non-kinetic dialogue approach to reach a peaceful resolution with the military juntas in Niger.
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They urged Tinubu to send envoys and elder statesmen like ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Gen Ali Gusau and Abdulsalam Abubakar to help broker peace negotiations.
They also noted that the Nigerian military is not currently equipped and unprepared to engage in war.
They urged President Tinubu to focus more on ending insecurity in Nigeria before embarking on any peace-keeping mission.
As reported by Premium Times, the Senator said:
“Senators believe that the Federal Government should focus on solving the Boko Haram, banditry and ESN/IPOB menaces ravaging the country instead of contemplating going to war in a foreign country. ”
Coup D’état: Northern Senators Reject Tinubu’s Onslaught Against Niger Military Junta
Similarly, the northern senators in the national assembly have cautioned against using military intervention to restore democracy in the Niger Republic.
According to the Northern Senators Forum spokesperson, Senator Suleiman Kawu said dialogue would be a better option for restoring peace in Nigeria.
The northern senators warned President Tinubu that engaging the military junta in Niger would affect neighbouring Nigerian states.
Source: Legit.ng
