Shehu Sani, a former congressman, has encouraged President Bola Tinubu to resist the temptation to follow France’s lead and invade the Niger Republic in an effort to restore democracy there.
With Nigeria’s decision to shut off energy to Niger as part of a battle against the military authority that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, Sani’s words take on more significance.
As part of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) efforts to restore democracy in Niger, Nigeria cut off the country’s daily supply of 150 megawatts of electricity.
Remember that on Sunday the ECOWAS leaders gave the junta led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani one week to reinstall Bazoum following their meeting?
The former senator was reacting to the power outage in the West African country that was organized by Nigeria. He warned Tinubu not to let France influence him.
On Thursday, Sani remarked this on Twitter and added that Nigeriens should choose their own form of government if they have any say in the matter.
He denied reports that Nigerians had interfered with power lines leading into Niger’s capital. We must not allow power outages to be used as a weapon of political intimidation.
Nothing will alter as a result of that. Our Kainji Dam would be useless if Niger decided to construct their power plant over their section of the River Niger.
Let the people of Niger decide for themselves how President Tinubu and the other ECOWAS leaders should run the country. Don’t let the French provoke you into a conflict we don’t need.
“When we had military regime,we fought to free ourselves; let them make their decisions,” he continued.
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