Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment

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Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment​

President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards.​

ByBisi Abidoye

August 5, 2023


Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of the country,
President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards.
ECOWAS leaders at a meeting in Abuja four days later gave the coup leaders a seven-day ultimatum to restore constitutional order or face the possible use of force. The regional body imposed sanctions on the coup leaders with Nigeria also cutting electricity supplies and closing its borders with the poor West African nation.
Following the refusal of the coup leaders to backtrack, West African defence chiefs said they had drawn a plan for military action as part of which President Tinubu wrote the Senate for permission to involve Nigerian troops in the action.
However, at an executive session on Saturday, the senators rejected the request by the president.
According to a senator who attended the meeting, senators agreed to pass a resolution condemning the coup and to commend ECOWAS leaders on their efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger, but they ruled out military options.

“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.
“Senators instead urged President Tinubu to intensify negotiation with the coup leaders by again sending a high-powered delegation to Niamey. Someone suggested that elderstatemen like Obasanjo, Gen Ali Gusau and Abdulsalam Abubakar should be sent as special envoys to dialogue and seek a diplomatic solution.
“Senators opposed to military action pointed out that our military is highly ill-equipped and not prepared to fight any war.They said that we have fragile peace in Nigeria and that Niger is the highest arms market in Africa.

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“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. ”
Over 90 per cent of senator who spoke are vehement against sending troops/military action,” PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

The senator said Senate President Goodswill Akpabio appealed to the lawmakers to endorse the steps President Tinubu had taken so far, but they vehemently rejected the appeal.
Senators were saying that they will pass a resolution condemning the coup, but on the issue of going to war with Niger, it is a no go area.”

The Senate has now returned to plenary where they are expected to pass a resolution on the issue.

Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu's request for troops deployment

The senator said Senate President Goodswill Akpabio appealed to the lawmakers to endorse the steps President Tinubu had taken so far, but...

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weird how I can't find any western mainstream media report on this news.

 

[BHAN85]

Nigeria cut the electric energy to Niger a few days ago, a kind of torture against civilian.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment​

President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards.​

ByBisi Abidoye

August 5, 2023


Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of the country,
President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards.
ECOWAS leaders at a meeting in Abuja four days later gave the coup leaders a seven-day ultimatum to restore constitutional order or face the possible use of force. The regional body imposed sanctions on the coup leaders with Nigeria also cutting electricity supplies and closing its borders with the poor West African nation.
Following the refusal of the coup leaders to backtrack, West African defence chiefs said they had drawn a plan for military action as part of which President Tinubu wrote the Senate for permission to involve Nigerian troops in the action.
However, at an executive session on Saturday, the senators rejected the request by the president.
According to a senator who attended the meeting, senators agreed to pass a resolution condemning the coup and to commend ECOWAS leaders on their efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger, but they ruled out military options.

“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.
“Senators instead urged President Tinubu to intensify negotiation with the coup leaders by again sending a high-powered delegation to Niamey. Someone suggested that elderstatemen like Obasanjo, Gen Ali Gusau and Abdulsalam Abubakar should be sent as special envoys to dialogue and seek a diplomatic solution.
“Senators opposed to military action pointed out that our military is highly ill-equipped and not prepared to fight any war.They said that we have fragile peace in Nigeria and that Niger is the highest arms market in Africa.

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“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. ”
Over 90 per cent of senator who spoke are vehement against sending troops/military action,” PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

The senator said Senate President Goodswill Akpabio appealed to the lawmakers to endorse the steps President Tinubu had taken so far, but they vehemently rejected the appeal.
Senators were saying that they will pass a resolution condemning the coup, but on the issue of going to war with Niger, it is a no go area.”

The Senate has now returned to plenary where they are expected to pass a resolution on the issue.

Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu's request for troops deployment

The senator said Senate President Goodswill Akpabio appealed to the lawmakers to endorse the steps President Tinubu had taken so far, but...

www.premiumtimesng.com

weird how I can't find any western mainstream media report on this news.

bbc news here in the uk has been covering this a lot - in fact it was one of the lead storit’s on bbc news night which i just finished watching

 

[casual]

bbc news here in the uk has been covering this a lot - in fact it was one of the lead storit’s on bbc news night which i just finished watching

Can't find it.

 

[MH.Yang]

The new govt of Niger should clarify its attitude towards ECOWAS as soon as possible.

Russia also needs to ensure that no similar coups break out in ECOWAS member states. In particular, the security of the Nigerian govt must be guaranteed.

Prior to the coup d'état in Niger, there had been a number of coups d'état in the West African region. In the past four years, countries such as Mali (2020 and 2021), Burkina Faso (January and September 2022), Chad (2021), Sudan (2021), and Guinea (2021) have been taken over by military govts. In addition, there have been several attempted coups in Guinea-Bissau, the Gambia and other countries.

The new Govt of the Niger and Russia should understand the unease of other African Govts and make tangible assurances of regional stability.

 

[Yawm al-qiyāma]

Africa belongs only to Africans Free Africa!

 

[MH.Yang]

Africa belongs only to Africans Free Africa!

We should support Africans to overthrow the puppet govt controlled by the French colonizers. But we should also avoid the wave of coups d'état reaching those African countries that are not puppet govts.

Africans not only want freedom, they want prosperity and development, which require a stable regional environment.