{"id":284958,"date":"2023-08-22T11:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=284958"},"modified":"2023-08-22T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T10:30:12","slug":"invading-niger-is-declaring-civil-war-against-northern-nigeria-el-rufai-warns-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/22\/invading-niger-is-declaring-civil-war-against-northern-nigeria-el-rufai-warns-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Invading Niger is declaring civil war against northern Nigeria, El-Rufai warns Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>El-Rufai&#8217;s caution is conveyed in a tweet referencing the Dire Straits song &#8220;Brothers in Arms,&#8221; highlighting the familial and regional ties between the people of Niger and Northern Nigeria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>The warning stems from a recent political rift between El-Rufai and Tinubu over a ministerial position<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai has cautioned President Bola Tinubu that any military offensive by ECOWAS forces on Niger would be interpreted as a declaration of civil conflict against the northern region of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This warning was conveyed through a tweet shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/11\/el-rufai-recommends-jafaru-sani-for-ministerial-role-amid-allegations-of-tension-with-tinubu\/\">Mr. El-Rufai<\/a> on Tuesday morning, marking his first public statement regarding the recent political events in Niger and the responses from ECOWAS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs ECOWAS beats the drums of war, I recall the 1970s rock classic by Dire Straits \u2013 \u2018Brothers in Arms\u2019, because a war within our subregion is a war between brothers,\u201d Mr El-Rufai said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cindeed, the people of Niger Republic are one and the same with those living in Northern Nigeria. 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This directive followed the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum by his own presidential guards in July.<\/p>\n<p>During the second extraordinary summit on the socio-political conditions in the Republic of Niger held in Abuja on August 10, ECOWAS President Omar Alieu Touray issued an instruction for the regional coalition&#8217;s troops to be ready to take action against the distressed nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe direct the committe of defence staff to activate the ECOWAS standby force with all its elements immediately,\u201d Mr Touray said, adding that the action was to \u201crestore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tinubu, the ECOWAS chair, at the summit pointed out that the ongoing political crisis in Niger Republic was a threat to the stability of Nigeria and other West African countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El-Rufai&#8217;s caution is conveyed in a tweet referencing the Dire Straits song &#8220;Brothers in Arms,&#8221; 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