Two staunch All Progressive Congress, APC, Chieftains and president Bola Tinubu’s supporters, ex-governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai and the taciturn former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode have joined the many voices among APC faithfuls speaking against ECOWAS invasion of Niger Republic.
The two reacted to the latest position of ECOWAS which rejected the 3-year transition plan to return the country to democratic rule as announced by the leader of the junta.
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in a tweet kicked against a military intervention describing a war against the Niger Republic as taking up arms against brothers.
His tweet read: “TUESDAY THOUGHT: 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. Indeed, the people of the Niger Republic are one and the same as those living in Northern Nigeria. Let us bend therefore over backwards to avoid this civil war between brothers.”
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Meanwhile, controversial former minister of aviation, Fani-Kayode, who ditched his party PDP for the ruling APC just before the last presidential election has in an essay cautioned against the planned invasion.
In the essay Titled “BEWARE OF COUP BELT”, Fani Kayode predicted dire outcomes if ECOWAS attacked Niger Republic.
He stated that, “…We must approach the entire matter with the utmost caution, wisdom and care.
“If the Niger Republic and her allies deliberately open a corridor for the elements of ISIS, AQIM, ISWAP etc to move into Benin and Togo, ECOWAS’ weakest link, then the whole of Nigeria’s western borders, from Sokoto to Lagos, would be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.”
“Already some of the elements have penetrated into Niger State, around Borgu and Shiriro, very close to the Benin Republic and some states in the South West of Nigeria.”
