{"id":106760,"date":"2023-08-04T02:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106760"},"modified":"2023-08-04T02:28:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T01:28:30","slug":"coup-dont-go-to-war-with-niger-republic-atiku-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/coup-dont-go-to-war-with-niger-republic-atiku-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Coup: Don\u2019t Go To War With Niger Republic \u2013 Atiku Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Former Vice President of Nigeria and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has warned against military invasion of Niger Republic following the recent coup in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While he supported the move for restoration of democratic rule in Niger, Atiku said both Nigeria and the\u00a0Economic Community of West African States\u00a0(ECOWAS) must avoid military hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the former Vice President in a personally signed statement on Thursday called for dialogue and diplomatic engagements in resolving the issues.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku in the statement, also commended ECOWAS for the steps taken so far on the situation in Niger Republic.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe military intervention in the Republic of Niger has created tension across the West Africa sub-region, and it is a development that has caused international attention to that neighbouring country of ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe putsch is even more worrisome because the number of states that have witnessed military intervention in the last three years in the subregion is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, the world expects Nigeria to take up leadership in ensuring that the crisis of political leadership in the Republic of Niger is not just curtailed but also ensuring the restoration of democratic governance in that country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the ECOWAS continues to work towards reinstating democracy in the Republic of Niger, it must be reinforced that the regional body should not travel the road of military hostilities that may exacerbate the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crisis in the Republic of Niger requires diplomatic engagements, and that must mean that the channels for dialogue should be well sustained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President of Nigeria and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has warned against military invasion of Niger Republic following the recent coup in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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