Former lawmaker in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, shares his views with JUWE OLUWAFEMI and GODWIN ISENYO on the coup
in the Niger Republic and the threat of a military invasion by the Economic Community of West African States, among other issuesWell, the issue of Niger Republic has become more sensitive at this time more than at any other time. I just came back from Kano State where I was invited as a guest speaker at the Mombaya House, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, where scholars and academics were invited to give their opinions.
Where Nigeria got involved was at the very time when the President of Nigeria, who happens to be the Chairman of ECOWAS, made an open threat of a military invasion of Niger Republic. Now, every citizen knows that it was a call for war. It will have a residual implication and consequence on the entire country and that was when people now said this cannot be.
Again, you can’t declare war against any country because it’s a member of a regional body. Niger Republic is a sovereign country and ECOWAS is founded on economic realities, not political and not military factors. This is not a NATO alliance. Let us be very clear about this and in that aspect, there is a limit to what sub-regional bodies can do.
As far as I am concerned, I think the PDP has to choose where it wants to be in the history of Nigeria’s politics at this time. Does it like to be a strong opposition party that will stand up to the excesses, brigandage and the antics of the APC? Or does it like to be a subordinate of the APC? I say so because if those who betrayed or undermined the party were allowed to go scot-free, it would encourage others to do the same.
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