Parliament refused to approve Tinubu's plan to take military action against Niger The Senate rejected the attempt to use military force...
Parliament refused to approve Tinubu's plan to take military action against Niger
The Senate rejected the attempt to use military force against the Republic of Niger.
The council called on ECOWAS members and other leaders to denounce the coup d'état in the country and stand up to settle matters in an appropriate manner.
According to the council, there is a need to take serious and deep thinking measures to overcome the leadership conflict that is happening in Niger.
On Friday, President Tinubu wrote a letter to the parliament asking for its approval on the implementation of the position reached by ECOWAS leaders on the situation in Niger.
In a speech by the ECOWAS president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he said that only military action will end the military coup in Niger.
During the session of the parliament on Saturday, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, raised the issue and protested against the military force, where the parliament reached a decision to reject the decision and asked the president of Nigeria to be more determined to see that the crisis is overcome. way of discussion.
Speaking after the session of the parliament in secret for two hours, the speaker of the parliament, Godswill Akpabio, said that they did not agree to take military action against Niger because of the good relationship between Niger and Nigeria.
"In our time, the parliament condemned the coup d'état that took place in the Republic of Niger.
"The House commends President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other ECOWAS leaders for taking immediate action on the matter."
He said, but Tinubu followed the steps of asking the parliament to go to the battlefield to implement the decision reached by ECOWAS. do not destroy the relationship between Niger and Nigeria,” Akpabio testified.
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