Fifty two groups, known as the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has implored President Bola Tinubu to abort planned war in Niger Republic, stating that action would affect Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno States.
President Tinubu had written to the National Assembly over the country would deploy troops to Niger to restore normalcy following the coup staged by Commander of the Presidential Guards, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, which overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum.
CNG’s Spokesperson Suleiman, in a statement issued at the weekend, expressed fear that the crisis would engulf the entire West African sub-region and bring about mass killings and suffering of innocent people.
The JNI said, based on that stated that, “We join other Nigerians, particularly the Northern Senators Forum, in rejecting the option of war and call instead for political and diplomatic means to restore democratic government in that country.
“We call the Federal Government not to rush into war without exhausting every economic and diplomatic means to pressure the junta in Niger to return power to the democratically elected government”.
