…As Obi group blames Tinubu
Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice President, has expressed concern over Nigeria’s security, describing the decision by Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as “concerning” and ” serious diplomatic meltdown.”.
Atiku Abubakar who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the last general election, stated this on his reaction to the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Atiku Abubakar called on Nigeria to secure national security interest as it relates to terrorism and banditry while appraising the situation.
“Reports about the withdrawal of three countries from our sub-regional body, @ecowas_cedeao,is concerning ” he stated on his X handle.
“It is a matter of serious diplomatic meltdown. We must keep the country’s national security interest, especially the fight against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and others in focus while we appraise the situation.”
In a related development, Peter Obi’s Grassroot Movement also described planned withdrawal of the three nations from ECOWAS as “disintegration ” of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The group stated this on their X handle, after the military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic announced on Sunday that they had exited the 49-year-old diplomatic bloc of West African countries.
The Obi Grassroots Movement said, “The report of ECOWAS disintegrating is saddening and disheartening at this crucial moment when African regional leaders need to come together to build a better, stronger, and united Africa.”
According to the movement, “The world will remember that it was one man in Abuja, Chief Bola Tinubu who is single-handedly responsible for breaking up of ECOWAS”.
“Thinking anything good will ever come from Tinubu is the worst mistake anyone can make.”
“Trouble started brewing for ECOWAS when the body met in reaction to the gale of military coups in the three countries and Guinea.
“The development which is like a retardation to democracy is blamed completely on bad governance of democratically elected governments in West Africa.
“While the last coup happened in Niger, Nigeria’s neighbour to north, President Tinubu took it as a personal task to flog the country into line, a move that was essentially championed by France and USA for their personal economic interests in the country.
“This harsh move and approach by Tinubu and other ECOWAS leaders met stiff resistance from the military leaders which ended in the latest development on Sunday.” the group said.
