Orji Uzor Kalu, the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to use military action against the Niger Republic’s Junta.
He warned the president not to let the United States of America (USA) and France force him to intervene militarily in the Niger problem.
Kalu stated that no Nigerian soldier is worth losing in such a scenario, and that if the Economic Countries of West African States (ECOWAS) indicated a military operation, Nigeria might have to withdraw from the regional body.
Kalu’s reaction comes after ECOWAS declared imminent military action against the Junta during a session in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday.
According to Gistlover, the congressman made this appeal during an interview that he made available on his verified Facebook page.
According to him, the US and France want Nigeria to join the conflict, but the President should ignore their demands since going to war is not the best option.
Kalu maintained that “The United States wants us to go to war. France wants us to go to war. Why don’t they put their soldiers and go to war? We will give them the money to fight. Let them go to war on their own. We can not go to war. This war is in our backyard. I plead with the president to listen to the voice of the Senate. The Senate has said no, and I’m joining the Senate, and I join the majority of Nigerians telling President Tinubu not to go to war for the sake of brotherhood and the sake of Africa.
” I don’t think it is a good idea to go to war. What they should tell the Juntas to do now is to give us a Democratic transition plan for one year, six months, or two years to return to democracy.
“I don’t think any Nigerian soldier’s death is good enough to be killed for another country. It is not our war. It is an internal problem of the Niger people. We have nothing to gain.
“Nobody should attempt to take us into war. We cannot go to war with Niger at all. If it means pulling out of ECOWAS, Nigeria should pull out of ECOWAS if that is ECOWAS’s decision. We are a sovereign nation. Nobody can toil with 250 million Nigerians. It is not possible.”
