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Suspend plans for military intervention in Niger, ex-lawmaker advises ECOWAS

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A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its chairman, President Bola Tinubu to suspend the planned invasion of Niger Republic.Uwak, in a statement in Abuja, said there was need to sustain the diplomatic channels already opened with the junta led by Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani and to agree on timelines for the return to democratic government.ECOWAS troops, in a meeting in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, had pledged their readiness to join the standby force set…

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El-Zakzaky kicks against ECOWAS planned onslaught against Niger military junta

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The Leader of the Islamic Movement, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H), has kicked against the plan by the ECOWAS heads of states to deploy the military forces to Niger Republic to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum ousted by the military junta in the country. El-Zakzaky made this known while addressing a group of Qur’an reciters who paid him a visit in his Abuja residence. “We do not support the planned attack on the Niger Republic. The people of Niger are our brothers,” he said. The Islamic leader alleged that the…

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