Niger Republic: Focus on Nigeria’s challenges, Bode George tells Tinubu

<p>• South West group warns president, Macron against declaring war • Farounbi, scholars call for caution on military adventure • Recommend compromise, use of diplomacy to achieve peace</p>, <p>Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to think deeply before trying to restore democratic governance in Niger Republic.</p>, <p>It would be recalled that on July 26, 2023, the Commander of the Presidential Guard in the country, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, ousted President Mohamed Bazoum through a coup d’etat.</p>, <p>George, in a letter written to President Tinubu, noted that Nigeria has numerous challenges. He said the steps the president has taken so far were commendable.</p>, <p>George said: “In your last national broadcast, you even admitted that Nigerians are going through a lot, and everything is being done to alleviate their sufferings. In Nigeria today, there is no food, no financial power to buy fuel, no light, no money. Nigerians are psychologically stranded and people are really going through a lot. So, I don’t know what our going to Niger Republic with full military power will achieve.</p>, <p>“We should think twice before entering another country militarily. Don’t start what you cannot finish. George said Nigeria should use diplomacy to resolve the imbroglio in the country.</p>, <p>South West Group Warns President, Macron Against Declaring War</p>, <p>Also, a South West socio-political group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, yesterday, cautioned Presidents Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of France, Emmanuel Macron not to commit the error of declaring war on Niger Republic.</p>, <p>President of the group, Akin Malaolu, said what happened in Niger Republic was a revolution against bad leaderships and government and not necessarily a coup</p>, <p>The group also urged President Macron remember to the Bastille Revolution of 1789 in France, whereby the masses in a uprising killed the king and queen. It also urged Presi