Niger: ‘Any Mistake Of Military Intervention Might Be Doom’ – Adamu Garba

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Adamu Garba, has claimed that any mistake of military intervention in the Niger coup might be doom for West Africa.

Naija News reports that the former presidential aspirant made the assertion following the seven-day ultimatum given General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the coup in the Niger Republic, to return power to Mohammed Bazoom.

The decision formed part of resolutions reached at the emergency meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, which was held in Abuja, Sunday.

Reacting to the last development, Garba, in a post via his Twitter handle, alleged that the United States and France had set a trap for the ECOWAS to go into a total war in the region.

He urged President Bola Tinubu to be courageous enough to resist pressure from France and U.S. for the ECOWAS to wage any military action against Niger.

According to him, involving the military may lead to more internal problems for Nigeria and the hard efforts made in building a democratic government.

The APC chieftain called on Tinubu to opt for a non-kinetic and diplomatic approach.

He tweeted, “The West, under France and the U.S have perfectly set a TRAP for ECOWAS to go into a total war in the region. Any mistake of military intervention in Niger means we are done with.

“President Tinubu must be courageous enough to resist French and U.S pressure on ECOWAS to wage any military action against Niger. We must use a non-kinetic, diplomatic approach.

“If we make a mistake of involving military means in Niger, we may end up inviting more internal problems to ourselves and to the effort we made so hard in building a democratic government in place.

“The truth of the matter is, West Africa has failed to protect democracy. Our only option now is to learn from the failures and prevent repeating it, not to completely destroy our region in the interest of Western Powers, against our security interests.”