Today's Headlines: Niger Coup: Tinubu Plotting State Of Emergency – Timi Frank Alleges; Atiku, Obaseki, Others Arrive Abuja For PDP Stakeholders' Meeting

Tinubu plotting state of emergency – Timi Frank alleges

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Following a coup in Niger Republic, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank has alleged that Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is plotting to suspend the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and declare state of emergency.

In a statement which he released to journalists on Saturday, he claimed that the President was seeking the Senate’s approval for Nigeria to go to war over coup in Niger to enable him declare a state of emergency in Nigeria and suspend the sitting of the Presidential Election tribunal.

He warned President Tinubu not to lead Nigeria into war with the neighbouring Niger, as this would plunge the fragile nation into long term economic, political and social devastation.

Atiku, Obaseki, others arrive Abuja for PDP stakeholders’ meeting.

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, are some of the eminent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party currently gathered at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja for a stakeholders’ meeting of the party.

The meeting is coming on the heels of a similar one which was held a fortnight ago at the Abuja residence of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Ikimi.

Also present at the venue are Governors Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa) and Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State.

Members of the party’s National Working Committee, National Assembly caucus members, and representatives of the party’s Board of Trustees are expected at the meeting.

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Niger coup: Better to jaw-jaw than war-war, Bode George cautions Tinubu.

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Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has warned against going to war with the military junta in Niger Republic, saying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should rather adopt a diplomatic approach which was a better option.

George gave this counsel in an open letter written to President Tinubu on planned military invasion of Niger Republic, copy of which was made available to newsmen in Lagos, saying he was speaking from his background as a Nigerian, a retired General in the Nigerian military, a patriot and a war tactician.

The PDP chieftain, who spoke in reaction to move by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to force the military junta out of power in Niger Republic and reinstall the deposed President Bazoum, however, commended President Tinubu for sending a delegation consisting of former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, a retired Brigadier-General, to meet the Military High Command in Niger to dialogue with the new leaders.

Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment

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Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of the country,

President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards.

ECOWAS leaders at a meeting in Abuja four days later gave the coup leaders a seven-day ultimatum to restore constitutional order or face the possible use of force. The regional body imposed sanctions on the coup leaders with Nigeria also cutting electricity supplies and closing its borders with the poor West African nation.

Following the refusal of the coup leaders to backtrack, West African defence chiefs said they had drawn a plan for military action as part of which President Tinubu wrote the Senate for permission to involve Nigerian troops in the action.

However, at an executive session on Saturday, the senators rejected the request by the president.

According to a senator who attended the meeting, senators agreed to pass a resolution condemning the coup and to commend ECOWAS leaders on their efforts to restore constitution

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