Stats: 3,191,675 members, 7,945,066 topics. Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 at 10:42 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Niger Coup: Tinubu Seeking Suspension Of Election Tribunal, Frank Warns (400 Views)
Niger Coup: Tinubu Meets Abdulsalami, Ribadu, Others / Niger Coup: Tinubu, ECOWAS In Dilemma On Deadline Day / Malami Denies Sending Memo Seeking Suspension Of Constitution (2) (3) (4)
Niger Coup: Tinubu Seeking Suspension Of Election Tribunal, Frank Warns by Jatuski: 10:04am On Aug 05, 2023 |
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Saturday, raised the alarm over alleged plot by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to go to war over coup in Niger to enable him declare a state of emergency in Nigeria and suspend the ongoing Presidential Election tribunal. Frank who gave this warning in a statement in Abuja, accused the President of capitalising on his position as ECOWAS chairman to legitimize his stolen election mandate in Nigeria. He insisted that Tinubu’s warmongering over Niger is selfishly motivated as he seeks to through it gain political capital by legitimizing his administration and securing the recognition of international bodies that hitherto have not recognized him as duly elected president. He warned the President not to lead Nigeria into war with Niger as the consequence of such an action would result in long term economic, political and social devastation of the country. He said: “It is clear to discerning minds that Tinubu wants to find an alibi to declare war in Niger and under that declare a state of emergency in Nigeria which will invariably lead to suspension of the ongoing sitting of the Presidential Election tribunal. “He is not out to restore democracy in Niger Republic. He is out to legitimize and gain recognition for his government from western allies. Let Nigeriens solve their problems, Nigeria has enough challenges of its own,” he declared. Frank who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, also accused ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments of not working to deepen democracy in the subregion by ensuring good governance. He said they often remain silent when Presidents illegally steal the people’s mandate through electoral fraud and manipulate constitutional provisions to elongate their tenure in office. “It is a shame that ECOWAS’ Presidents always jerks back to life when a fellow president has been dethroned like the present scenario in Niger Republic,” he said. He added: “I condemn the coup in Niger and I will support all altruistic efforts to restore democratic governance in that country. But I reject moves by Tinubu to use the Niger coup as a ruse to overturn the ongoing court process meant to determine the actual winner of the February 25th, 2023 Presidential election. “I call on well meaning Nigerians to dissuade Tinubu from leading the country into an unnecessary war which among others will inflict heavy casualty on our armed forces and breed more widows in addition to what Boko Haram, bandits and other criminal elements have done already,” he said. He insisted that former President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general, never went to war when there was coup in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mail during his tenure “because he knew the implications. Why is Tinubu hellbent on going to war if not for self preservation in office as President?” 1 Like
|
Re: Niger Coup: Tinubu Seeking Suspension Of Election Tribunal, Frank Warns by a4cube: 10:12am On Aug 05, 2023 |
Spot on. |
Re: Niger Coup: Tinubu Seeking Suspension Of Election Tribunal, Frank Warns by Kylekent59: 10:16am On Aug 05, 2023 |
Good analysis. Someone must have thought about that. The problem is that people no longer reason carefully about the situation of things in this country. Nigerians are being carried unaware. A white man told me that they lay a good foundation for their kids and the generation to come. But here in this country, people sell their birthright and freedom for 2k. 3 Likes |
Re: Niger Coup: Tinubu Seeking Suspension Of Election Tribunal, Frank Warns by Minime10(m): 10:29am On Aug 05, 2023 |
Why Buhari a (rtd.) General never went to war war in Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso & Mali over military coup in those Country ![]() Can someone throw any light ![]() Remember too that, Buhari was the ECOWAS Chairperson when the coup took place in those Countries 🤓 1 Like |
(1) (Reply)
Niger: Why The Silent In UK Whitehall / ‘Those Who Voted Tinubu Are Already Regretting’ – PDP / Nnpc's Kyari In Desperate Bid To Retain Seat, Proposes Ipo
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 12 |