1999 Constitution

4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section:

a. the President shall not declare a state of war between the Federation and another country except with the sanction of a resolution of both Houses of the National Assembly, sitting in a joint session; and

b. except with the prior approval of the Senate, no member of the armed forces of the Federation shall be deployed on combat duty outside Nigeria.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the President, in consultation with the National Defence Council, may deploy members of the armed forces of the Federation on a limited combat duty outside Nigeria if he is satised that the national security is under imminent threat or danger:

Provided that the President shall, within seven days of actual combat engagement, seek the consent of the Senate and the Senate shall thereafter give or refuse the said consent within 14 days.

ipobarecriminals:
they'll approve it and Tinubu will send troops to Niger.Nothing will happen

Blue3k:
I don't see war as likely scenario. The Senate doesn't seem to care about Niger Republic Coup. We already see Northern senators are against it. If tinubu wants to just bypass them, he can. Unless the operation goes really bad, there's no risk of him being impeached over. Really bad mean hundred of troop casualties and lots of money spent.

grandstar:


Tinubu may be worried that the Niger coup could influence one in Nigeria.

The only reason why Nigeria hasn't been swamped by militants is due to the financial muscle of the government. That ois why the government can contain Boko Haram

The other countries are very poor. Their entire budgets would probably be needed to effectively contain the terrorists.

Chasing out the French wasn't the wisest of decisions.