Tag: Niger coup

“Coup in Niger saved Nigeria from imminent disaster”, claims Military Junta

Aminu Imam

Leader of the military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has revealed that their takeover of the civilian government in his country has saved Nigeria from an imminent disaster. This revelation came after General Tchiani had a closed-door meeting with Nigerian religious leaders in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Sheikh Bala Lau, who is the National Chairman of Jamatul Izalatu Bida Waikamatu Sunnah, said the clerics were in Niger on behalf of President Bola Tinubu who accepted their request to intervene. Sheik Lau said the team had earlier told…

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Ndume opposes military invasion of Niger at ECOWAS parliament

Aminu Imam

Lawmaker and member of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) parliament, Ali Ndume, has kicked against military intervention of the Republic of Niger following the military takeover of the West African country. Ndume stated this during the weekend, at the extraordinary plenary session of the ECOWAS parliament held over the weekend. According to reports, the federal lawmaker said Nigeria could not afford to go to war, noting that its people would bear the brunt of any military engagement. Ndume also noted that it would be unconstitutional for Nigeria to…

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Coup: Niger junta vows to kill Bazoum if ECOWAS intervenes militarily

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Niger’s military junta says it will not hesitate to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), carries out its threat of military action in the country. Earlier on Thursday, the ECOWAS ordered the Chief of Defense staff committee to immediately activate its standby force. Its President, Omar Alieu Touray, gave the order while reading the resolution taken at the Extraordinary meeting on the Niger coup in Abuja, on Thursday. Recall that the meeting of the leaders of the sub-regional body in Abuja on…

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Niger Coup: “Reconsider your stand on border closure; don’t engage military” – CNG tells Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has asked President Bola Tinubu to reconsider his stand on border closure with Niger Republic and the seizure of electricity supply to the country following the recent military coup in the country. This is just as CNG stood against any form of preference for military action against Niger or any other West African or African nation by any regional or international community/institution. A statement signed by the Spokesman of CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman warned against unnecessary escalation of the situation by the unsolicited intervention of…

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ECOWAS orders immediate standby force against Niger junta

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The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS), has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja yesterday. It also called on the African Union, (AU), partner countries, and institutions to support the resolution taken by the sub-regional body. ECOWAS said all efforts made to dialogue with Niger Republic military junta have been defiantly rejected by coup leaders as…

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Niger: ‘U.S. won’t declare soldiers who removed President Bazoum, coup plotters’ – Official

Aminu Imam

The United States (U.S) government is refraining from labelling the overthrow of Niger’s democratic government a coup and the military junta coup plotters as a precautionary move to preserve America’s interest. The visit of U.S. acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, to Niger on Monday met a dead-end, as she disclosed that the junta refused to grant her an audience with the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and junta leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani. She, however, met with the coupists’ chief of defence, Moussa Salaou Barmou, a general trained by the…

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Coup: “My Niger Delta boys and I can restore democracy in Niger” – Dokubo

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Former Militant leader and founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo has said that he has the manpower to defeat the military junta in Niger Republic. In a viral video, Dokubo said his armed group could overrun Niger Republic if commissioned by the Federal Government, adding that he and his boys have the capacity to restore democracy in that country. He said, “If the Government commissions me and my people to go to Niger Republic, we will go. We will defeat them; and we will come back…

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Peace Efforts: Khalifa of Tijjaniyya, Sanusi, meets Niger Republic coup leaders

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His Highness, Muhammad Sunusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano and Grand Khalifah of the Tijjaniyah Muslim Group in Nigeria, was in Niamey, the capital of the Niger Republic and held a private meeting with the leader of the military junta, General Tchiani. He, along with His Eminence, the Sultan of Damagaram, met with the new President. In a video shared on several social media platforms, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was seen engaging the military leaders, suspecting to be on the political development in…

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ECOWAS imposes new sanctions on Niger Republic coup leaders

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The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has taken decisive action against the leaders of the recent coup in Niger Republic by imposing a series of new sanctions. The disclosure was made by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngeale, while addressing State House correspondents in Abuja, yesterday. The sanctions include a travel ban and asset freeze on the coup leaders and their associates, and is coming after the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum for the re-instatement of President Mohamed Bazoum. Ajuri, who did not share more details on the sanctions, said…

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Niger Coup: ACF calls for more dialogue, lifting of economic sanctions

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The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called for the lifting of sanctions against Niger Republic by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), while commending Nigerian Senators for rejecting military action against the West African country. The ACF, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, sought more dialogue with the Niger military junta to prevent a further breakdown of talks following the expiration of the one-week deadline earlier given to the regime to restore democratic rule in the country. The statement…

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