The Nigerian Senate has rejected a request by President Bola Tinubu that Nigeria intervene militarily in the Niger Republic.
Recall that the Nigerien military overthrew the democratically elected government in the country last week, and Tinubu had written to the Senate requesting that they pass a resolution to allow Nigeria to intervene to restore democracy.
The Senate, however, did not grant the request.
In a statement, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said that the Senate had “categorically” decided not to intervene militarily in Niger.
Akpabio said that the Senate was concerned about the coup in Niger, but that they believed that military intervention would not be the best way to restore democracy. He said that the Senate would instead focus on diplomatic and economic measures to pressure the junta to step down.
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