Nigerian President, Mr. Bola Tinubu has sent a letter to the Nigerian Senate, seeking approval for military action against Niger military junta.
In the letter written on Wednesday, which read on the floor of the senate on Friday, Tinubu also sought other sanctions against the military officers who have seized power in the Niger Republic like cutting off electricity supply to the country, mobilising international support for the implementation of the provisions of the ECOWAS communique, preventing the operation of commercial and special flights in and out Niger Republic, and blockade of goods in transit to country especially from Lagos and eastern seaports among others
The letter titled, “Political situation in Niger”, noted that following the unfortunate situation in the Niger Republic culminating in the overthrow of its President, ECOWAS under my leadership condemned the coup in it’s entirety and resolved to seek the return of the democratically elected government.
In a bid to restore peace, ECOWAS convened a meeting and came out with a communique.
“Closure and monitoring of all land borders with the Niger Republic and reactivating of the border drilling exercise.
”Cutting off Electricity supply to the Niger Republic
”Mobilizing international support for the implementation of the provisions of the ECOWAS communique
“Preventing the operation of commercial and special flights into and from Niger Republic
“Blockade of goods in transit to Niger especially from Lagos and eastern seaports
“Embarking on sensitization of Nigerians and Nigerians on the imperative of these actions, particularly via social media
“Military build-up and deployment of personnel for military intervention to enforce compliance of the military junta in Niger should they remain recalcitrant”