The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, urged the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to
He stated this while reacting to the raging standoff between ECOWAS and Niger Republic over the July 26, 2023, military coup in that neighboring country.
In a series of tweets from his official handle yesterday, Obi said “The recent developments in neighboring Niger Republic have become the subject of international attention and Nigeria a matter of dire and urgent national interest and security. “Inevitably, Niger is a hot button issue for ECOWAS, as well as various international interlocutors.”
But regardless of the positions taken by various parties that have direct or tangential interests in Niger, Obi advised that “primacy must be given to dialogue and diplomacy towards a resolution with minimal disruptive impact on Nigeria and the West African sub-region, and must take into consideration the realpolitik of the West African subregion.”
He applauded the respective mediatory efforts by the former Head of state, Gen. Abudusalami Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, and the 14th Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.
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