Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has warned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic.<\/p>\n
He described any military intervention within the sub-region as a war between brothers.<\/p>\n
ECOWAS had disclosed plans to use force as a last option if the coup leaders in Niger do not relinquish power to ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.<\/p>\n
The bloc\u2019s defence chiefs, last Thursday in Accra, Ghana\u2019s capital city, said it had begun the activation of its standby force in Niger.<\/p>\n
Although the defence chiefs had backed calls for dialogue as a mediation tactic, the group said all elements that would go into any military intervention had been worked out and were being refined.<\/p>\n
Reacting to ECOWAS\u2019 plans, El-Rufai on Tuesday tweeted, \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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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