Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against using military intervention in Niger Republic.
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has cautioned the Economic Community of West African States against military intervention in Niger Republic.
“As ECOWAS beats the drums of war, I recall the 1970s rock classic by Dire Straits – ‘Brothers in Arms’, because a war within our subregion is a war between brothers,” el-Rufai tweeted.“Indeed, the people of Niger Republic are one and the same with those living in Northern Nigeria. Let us bend therefore over backwards to avoid this civil war between brothers.”
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