ZION B-BC
NEWSLETTER.
A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church Kpeyegyi Abuja Nigeria. {Vol. 12. NO 520. 30th July, 2023.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). PRAY & FAST EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STOP BLOODSHED IN NIGERIA!
TINUBU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF NIGERIAN CITIZENS - NOT SOLDIERS COUP DE TAT!
The Nigerian State currently has no Executive Arm of Government but luckily the man whom the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared as winner of the 2023 February Presidential Election has added another feather to his cap to legitimately govern the country as the current and bona fide Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). At the ECOWAS Conference of Sunday,9th July 2023, President Tinubu was elected as the new Chairman of the Body.
In view of this development he has become more confused and disillusioned because he is now PURSUING TWO RATS SIMULTANEOUSLY and would definitely lose both; according to an African adage!
First, he exhausted the entire 60 days window allowed by the amended 1999 Military Constitution of Nigeria as amended to appoint 37 ministers one from each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and could only come up with 28 Ministers at 1.30 pm on the last day, Thursday July 27th 2023, when the Senate was about to wind up for the week contrary to the Constitution's enactment.
Second a military coup de tat suddenly occurred in Niger Republic, an ECOWAS member on Thursday 27th July 2023 and he quickly summoned a hurried summit to hold at the Aso Rock seat of government, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, to deliberate on the matter on Sunday 30th July 2023.
It was later reported that the ECOWAS caucus directed that the feuding soldiers should return to the barracks within SEVEN DAYS and restore the disposed President immediately.
Is Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), not in a dire strait? Has he not bitten too much to chew?
Third it was reported by the US Institute of Peace that the genesis of the NIGERIEN COUP was triggered, "....when a top military officer was disgruntled at being removed from his post by the president. We saw a positive but unsuccessful effort from within the region, by Nigeria, to prevent the coup. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu sent a planeload of his own senior officers to press the Niger military to abort the takeover. That kind of leadership from within the region is what we all need to support."
NEWS PAPERS REPORTS: DAILY POST.
Nigerien soldiers finally declare coup despite Tinubu’s warning. Despite the warning issued on Wednesday by the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Bola Tinubu, the Nigerien soldiers on Thursday morning took over power from President Mohamed Bazoum.
President Bazoum had been in detention since the early hours of Wednesday when the soldiers first attempted the coup. DAILY POST gathered that the soldiers announced the coup in a televised broadcast in the early hours of Thursday.
About 10 senior officers led by Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane said during the broadcast that the National Council of the State Guard of the Nation had decided to “put an end to the regime you are familiar with”.
According to them, the development followed deteriorating security situation in Niger, as well as bad social and economic management by the government.
“We reaffirm our support to all commitment undertaken by Niger,” the soldiers said.
ECOWAS, had through a statement by its Chairman, Tinubu condemned the earlier attempt, warning that the regional body, as well as the global community, would not condone disruption of constitutional order within the sub-region.
Al Jazeera News.
Niger coup leaders warn against ‘military intervention’ by ECOWAS
Niger’s military leaders have warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African heads of state gather in Nigeria’s capital for an emergency summit to decide on further actions to pressure the army to restore constitutional order.
Heads of state of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union, also known by its French acronym UEMOA, could suspend Niger from their institutions, cut off the country from the regional central bank and financial market, and close borders.
General Abdourahmane Tchiani – also known as Omar Tchiani, and the chief of Niger’s presidential guard – has declared himself leader while the country’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, has been held by the military since the coup took place last week.
Ahead of the Sunday ECOWAS summit, the military leaders in Niger warned against any military intervention in a statement read on Niger national television on Saturday night.
“The objective of the [ECOWAS] meeting is to approve a plan of aggression against Niger through an imminent military intervention in Niamey in collaboration with other African countries that are non-members of ECOWAS, and certain Western countries,” military spokesperson Colonel Amadou Abdramane said.
Demonstrators gather in support of the coup in the capital Niamey, Niger on July 30, 2023 [Balima Boureima/Reuters]“We want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer of our firm determination to defend our homeland,” he said.
ECOWAS has the power to impose sanctions on Niger, which is one of its 15 members. Last year, its leaders agreed to create a regional security force to intervene against rebel groups and prevent military coups.
“There is so much talk here [at the summit] of sending a military force to intervene there [in Niger] that has got the military leaders in Niger worried at the moment,” Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reported from Abuja, adding that the threat of sanctions over the coup was also a cause for concern for the new rulers in Niamey.
“There has been a standby force for years, but it has never been activated in recent times. The [last] time it was activated was in 2017 in the Gambia … when former President Yahya Jammeh tried to stay in power after he lost the election to the current president,” Idris added.
Details on how that force would work and its funding are still unclear, with ECOWAS defence ministers expected to make decisions later this year.
Bola Tinubu, president of Nigeria and ECOWAS chairman, said on Friday that the West African bloc and the international community “would do everything to defend democracy and ensure democratic governance continues to take firm root in the region”. Ahead of Sunday’s gathering, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Tinubu to convey his “deep concern” over the situation in Niger, and “underscored his support for President Tinubu’s continued efforts to restore constitutional order” there.
‘Stay out’
Meanwhile, in Niamey, thousands of protesters also gathered outside the French embassy, with some trying to enter the building, according to the AFP news agency.
Former colonial ruler France and the European Union have suspended security cooperation and financial aid to Niger following the coup.
Some demonstrators ripped off and stamped on a plaque bearing the words “Embassy of France in Niger”, replacing it with Nigerien and Russian flags, while others shouted “Long live Russia”, “Long live Putin” and “Down with France”, AFP reported.
Protesters also tried to climb the walls of the embassy, while others stomped on burning French flags. “Anyone who attacks French nationals, the military, diplomats, or French interests will spur an immediate and uncompromising response from France,” French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement.
“Emmanuel Macron was able to speak again to Presidents Bazoum and [previous Niger leader Mahamadou] Issoufou in the last few hours, both of whom clearly condemned the coup and called for calm among the population,” the statement said.
Some taking part in Sunday’s rally also warned regional bodies who have denounced the coup to stay away.
“I would like also to say to the European Union, African Union and ECOWAS, please please stay out of our business,” said Oumar Barou Moussa, who was at the demonstration, according to the Reuters news agency.
“It’s time for us to take our lives, to work for ourselves. It’s time for us to talk about our freedom and liberty. We need to stay together, we need to work together, we need to have our true independence,” Barou said.
TINUBU ALSO HAS SEVEN DAYS TO REVERSE SUBSIDY REMOVAL BY 2ND AUGUST 2023.
MR. TINUBU SHOULD INITIATE A POPULAR REFERENDUM SO THAT AGITATED NIGERIAN COULD VOTE YES OR NO TO A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WILL EMBRACE GRASSROOT PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT ! RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION BUT SIN IS A REPROACH TO ANY PEOPLE.(PROV 14:34).
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