The senators of northern Nigeria refused to accept military action against Niger Members of the Nigerian Senate who came from the northern ...
The senators of northern Nigeria refused to accept military action against Niger
Members of the Nigerian Senate who came from the northern part of the country expressed their disapproval of the plan to take military action by the ECOWAS group to get rid of the soldiers who staged a coup.
A statement submitted by members of parliament, signed by their spokesperson, Senator Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, expressed deep concern over the situation in Niger and condemned the coup d'état, while they urged ECOWAS to continue following the guidelines. diplomacy to solve the problem and restore democracy in the country.
The senators stated that currently almost all the states of Nigeria bordering Niger are facing security problems, while they said that taking military action could exacerbate the problem and create new ones.
The announcement revealed the following states including Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno.
The senators also stated that the use of military action can expand the ongoing conflict in Mali, Burkina Faso and Libya to this region.
The statement said that as defenders of democracy, they support the use of all diplomatic measures to resolve the problem, calling on their colleagues in parliament to use section 5, paragraph 4 of the Nigerian constitution to decide ruling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's request to use military force.
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