DATSE BODA: Trailer drivers jammed their vehicles full of goods at the border of Nigeria and Niger in Katsina The National Customs Board cl...
DATSE BODA: Trailer drivers jammed their vehicles full of goods at the border of Nigeria and Niger in Katsina
The National Customs Board closed the border between Nigeria and Niger on Friday evening.
The head of the commission said that this was following the order given by the president to close the border because of the stubbornness of the military that made the coup and refused to listen to the ECOWAS group.
ECOWAS ordered the military to hand over power to the elected president, Mohammed Bazoum.
Until now, trucks have been jammed at the borders of the two countries, there is no entry or exit, because of this new law.
The Secretary General of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adamu Lamuwa, has confirmed that Nigeria will not use military force against the Nigerien government until it is inevitable that the war will be fought and then they will surrender the government. .
"The use of military force in the Niger conflict is the last step, after all other mediation measures have failed. And I hope the situation will not lead to a war." That of Lamuwa.
He stated this on Friday, while addressing the diplomatic officers of countries with embassies in Abuja.
Following the deterioration of relations between ECOWAS and Niger, the group invited the Chief of Defense Staff of the countries to hold an emergency meeting.
They started meeting on Wednesday, which is expected to end on Friday.
It is Nigeria as the largest country with the strongest economy in Africa and ECOWAS, even with the large number of soldiers, it will contribute the most to the soldiers who will fight in Niger.
However, when Lamuwa was asked if Niger had really fired the Nigerian Ambassador in the country, he said that he had not been informed orally or in writing yet.
In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu, who is the President of ECOWAS, has written to the Senate announcing plans to attack Niger with war, to wrest power from Bazoum from the hands of the military.
While Nigeria is in the middle of fighting with militants in the North West and North Central, and Boko Haram, President Bola Tinubu has written a letter to the Senate to inform them of the measures taken by ECOWAS to ensure the restoration of civilian rule. in the Republic of Niger.
In the letter that contains the announcement of the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS on Niger, some of which have already started working, including plans to take action to use military force, in order to wrest control of the deposed president, Mohammed Bazoum, from the hands of the military. .
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