A former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) chairman, Joseph Daudu, (SAN) says he does not believe that President Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against Niger Republic.
Recall that on the heels of the collapse of diplomatic moves to resolve the impasse that trailed the coup in Niger Republic by a military junta, which has cut-off ties with Nigeria, its former colonial ruler France, Togo, and the United States of America.
According to Joseph Daudu, If he (Tinubu) does not know, at least the realists in his team must have worked out the implications by now. It has grave religious and ethnic downside.
There is a school of thought encouraging him to go on this warmongering stance. These people, include the Oduduwa Republic adherents, the Biafrans, Asari Dokubo and the Ijaw nation, the Bokists, and many other inchoate splinter groups who would move ‘ to their tents’ and declare their own nations when the Tinubu cataclysm erupts.
He further said, No nation goes to war on behalf of Neo-colonialists and other parasitic world powers to enforce democracy. What happened to the principle of ‘Non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations’ which the Western nations studiously adhere to.
Why is Mr. President crying louder than the bereaved? he queried. I think the usual platitudes should just have been mouthed by our President and then leave the people of Niger to sort themselves out”, he stated.
He has stopped electricity flow to Niger. Does he know that we supply electric power to Niger Republic in exchange for their not constructing a Dam on their own end of the River Niger, which would have completely ruined the lives of millions of Nigerians, and which will put the Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro dams out of business.
The electricity we supply is a small price we pay for the Nigerienes not to dam the said River.
According to the legal luminary, the President should have consulted with General Gowon who would have explained the depth of Nigeria’s relationship with Niger starting with the reign of President Hamani Diori.
The President should not start what he cannot finish, he further stated.
