Niger Coup: Tinubu Reveals Next Plan Against Military Junta

,,,,,President Bola Tinubu has stated that all diplomatic options will be explored with the military junta in Niger Republic before any last-resort military intervention is considered, amid the rising political crisis in Gabon.

Any violent overthrow of a democratically elected government, he added, is still “wholly unacceptable.”

At a meeting with the Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs on Thursday at the State House in Abuja, which was presided over by His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, the president once again issued the threat.

According to Tinubu, the option of kinetic action in the Niger Republic had not been abandoned.

“I must thank you for your several visits to Niger Republic, Your Eminence, but you will still have to go back. My fear has been……..confirmed in Gabon that copycats will start doing the same thing until it is stopped.

“We are neighbours with Niger Republic, and what has joined Nigerians together with their great people cannot be broken. Nobody is interested in a war. We have seen the devastation in Ukraine and Sudan. But, if we don’t wield the big stick, we will all suffer the consequences together,” the President warned.

President Tinubu pointed out that Nigeria implemented a nine-month transition program in 1998 under the leadership of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and it was very successful in ushering the nation into a new age of democratic governance. If the military leadership in Niger are….honest, the President sees no reason why something similar cannot be done there.

“Your Eminence, please don’t get tired, you will still go back there. The soldiers’ action is unacceptable. The earlier they make positive adjustments, the quicker we will dial back the sanctions to alleviate the sufferings we are seeing in Niger,” the President affirmed.

,,,,,,The President provided assurance that the ongoing reforms will liberate and reposition the economy, which will benefit the majority of the population in terms of opportunities, infrastructure, healthcare, and education. This was in response to the suffering experienced by many Nigerians after the elimination of fuel subsidies.