worksmart:
This is precisely the issue, probably we can swiftly dominate the war zone and even may restore the ousted president, then the problem beins of being bogged down in an insurgency situation that keeps us there for years haemoraging resources including our soldiers lives in a slow drip drip manner over many years.

Or we get there and find the whole thing was a set up to draw us into a war with rance -backed military juntas and the war is taken back to Nigerias territory and huge amounts , like many millions of civilian lives are lost from France bombing straegic dams that can cost millions of lives.

Restore the ousted president? How so? What stops them from shooting him in the middle of war as a 'saboteur'? If the ousted president is in exile, then you can think of restoring him. The president is in the hands of the junta. They'll just point a gun at his head and and ask the ECOWAS soldiers to back off. If the mission is to restore democracy, then that's a different task, but to restore this particular president to power, I struggle to fathom how that is possible.

In actual fighting, it would be foolish on the part of the Nigeriens to fight Nigeria headon, so I think they will prepare their defences first, and when breached resort to guerilla tactics until support from their allies. As long as they can keep Nigeria from retrieving the president from them them, they can keep the fight going. And they have willing citizens on their side.

France is not bombing any dam, the dam in on our side.

Nigeria is a war zone.

I think the Northern part of Nigeria wants to secede from Nigeria so they can be free to practice their religion as they desire, but their elite are holding them back. The people are fighting back, unfortunately it's draining national resource.

I think Nigeria need to be renegotiated. If the North and East want to leave the union, they can leave without these bloodshed. Perhap the SW and Middle Belt can remain in Nigeria. I believe the Niger Delta area should have their own country too with the exclusion of Igbo speaking area.

If Nigeria does not address all these problems, it's impossible to make progress as nation. Too many centrifugal forces and too little centripetal forces - the end is inevitable. We are wasting natural resource, money, people, and time. Nigeria is not working!

worksmart:
The way I amseeing this now is like this;

What if this is France way to set a trap for Nigeria?

France is draining Nigerien resources at an alarming rate with little benefit to this poor third world country. And are not willing to renegotiate fair price with the junta. There is no major trap here for Nigeria, except perhap blackmail of the president. As it stand, Nigeria resources, especially from southern Nigeria is also being drained at the similar rate, again with little benefit to the southern part of Nigeria. The French authority working with the British and to some extent American can simple cajole Nigeria to assist them in this venture - return control of Niger to France, and they will in turn ensure that the Nigeria ruling elite continue their straggle hold on the country resources while they look the other way.

Rub my back, I allow you to loot, and keep you in power. It's a sweet deal, only this time, the Nigeria population is savvy and Tinubu does not have popular support. So it's dicey for him.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the more he dithers, the harder the invasion becomes.

When it comes to experience and battle readiness, the Nigeria soldiers can rely on their experience fighting Boko Haram in the North, of course one cannnot allude any millitary experience to shooting unarmed civilians in the South East.

On the part of the opposition, the Nigerien have had successes and meaningful experience with battling insurgent groups. Same can be said of the Malians and lately Burkina Faso. None of these countries have been involved in any recent major war that they can draw experience from.

So I think on a tactical ground, both Nigeria, Mali, Niger, and Burkina seems to be at par. So troop size, equipment, and desire will be a driving factor. If the Nigerien population sees ECOWAS as an occupying force, a message that the junta will be aggressively promoting, then ECOWAS in in for a long ride.

My suggestion: ABORT!

I don't think there will be war. The idea has been defeated in Nigeria. And the Nigeriens has had enough time to prepare their defence.

If they haven't, they will use the period of 'negotiation' with ECOWAS to continue such defensive preparation. Niamey is quite close to Burkina Faso, so it's understandable the the Burkinababe will not want such war on their backyard, and it it will also be easy for them to mobilize troops in support of Niger.

As a matter of geography, it will be easier for the Burkina re-enforcement to reach Niamey, before the ECOWAS offensive force will get there. Even the Malian will get to Naimey before the Nigeria soldiers.


If ECOWAS, nay, Nigeria embark on this journey, it will be bloody, and messy, but ECOWAS will triumph, and sack the junta. Then then real war will begin.

If Obama can make his birth certificate public, what is Tinubu?

Tinubu, this is a very simple matter. The US is asking you if you are ready to invade Niger or not?

Just invade Niger Rep and the spilling of your secrets will be held back for a while, until you start misbehaving (again).


The danger of having a compromised individual as leader; those in the know will always use his past to arm twist him.

We'll take him serious when he orders his arrest for running a 'private army', afterall Emefiele was charged with being in possession of a weapon.

We'll take him serious when orders his arrest for running a 'private army', after all Emefiele was charged with being in possession of a weapon.

Tinubu, if you want to shoot, shoot!. Don't talk. - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly



If the druggie, Tinubu, and his Agbadorian hordes, has any intention of invading Niger, he needs to do it now. Delay is dangerous for our soldiers, cos every time wasted talking is time for the Nigeriens junta to fortify their defenses, and more Nigerian soldiers dead.

walefresh3:
igbos are the only supporters of obi... We rejected them at the poll.

PRESIDENT tinubu won 2023 ELection...

Are you Yoruba by any means?

Ebi2233:
To be Ijaw is not to be born by Ijaw parents but to defend Ijaw rights.
Abacha is more Ijaw than you.

Wasn't Abacha the guy who killed that naive Ijaw man - Saro Wiwa?

@Op,

Peter Obi didn't run for Presidency, Obidients ran for Presidency through Peter Obi.

PO has little or no say in how this plays out; we the amorphous, headless band run things.

Naijaboy18:
Between these three who is Igbos leader and why?

Yoruba! smh

Biodun556:
If a military head of state understand the psychological impact of coup in neighboring countries on his soldiers, why can't civilian government do same?

Sanni Abacha came to power through coup but he was fighting coup on other countries. The people of northern Nigeria supported him but opposed Tinubu decision to intervene in Niger

Everyone has advised the druggie against war, but his Agbadorian hordes keep urging him to his damnation. Let him hasten to wage his war. Is it by force to support the drug baron? If he thinks the war is good, let him cast the first stone.

I'll be happy to follow the war as I'm currently following the Russian-Ukraine war on a daily basis.

Nairaland24:


I called you Ibos what you are... This is what everyone thinks about you and why you are not allowed near Aso Rock or Nigerian Assembly

Yoruba

Quite typical.

FreedomfromtheT:
Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS chairman.
Nigeria is s major player in ECOWAS.
ECOWAS authority of heads of state and government wants to use force ie go to war against the Nigerien junta.
President Tinubu asked for approval from the Nigerian Senate.
The Nigerian Senate says no.
The Muslim northern neighbours of Niger Republic keep chorusing no.
Tinubu has legitimacy issue and desperately wants to please the US and France perhaps to gain international acceptance.
On the other hand, Tinubu can't afford to displease the Muslim North - not at this auspicious time.
There may be rerun in the presidential election.
Even if the court ruling or rerun favours Tinubu, he will still need the North for his likely second term bid.
Tinubu thus finds himself in a very difficult situation akin to being between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Should Tinubu then resign as ECOWAS chairman and leave the rest of the ECOWAS members who are interested to go to war against Niger without Nigeria being involved?

ECOWAS have seen many coups before and never urged war. The only person urging ECOWAS to war is the ECOWAS chairman.

The ECOWAS chairman needs the war more than ECOWAS, or the people of Niger they seek to liberate!

I don't really support this war, but if they fight, it will solve a lot of problems in Nigeria, especially the issue of herdsmen.

I don't really support this war, but if they fight, it will solve a lot of problems in Nigeria, especially the issue of herdsmen.

kokoA:
They want IPOB to do their worst Nothing will happen if they don't release him and nothing will happen even if they release him.

There is no telling what a 'desperate' person will do. Government everywhere seek peace and security, looking for a desperate group's 'worse' is not smart especially when we don't know what that worse could be. It's a dangerous game to play.

Biafra is not about Kanu or Simon, it's not personal.

If Kanu dies today, Simon is already doing the 'job'. Dropping Simon doesn't kill the ideology.

You just need one articulate Biafran (millions abound) with a mic, and an internet radio station, the rest is easy.

Incidentally, fragmenting the group (IPOB, Autopilot) has also proved counter productive. Now Nigeria need to worry about two highly motivated sucessionist. It's only a matter of time before IPOB, join force with the Autopilots, as event around Kanu unfolds. Less I forget, there still some parading themselves as MASSOB!

The government of the day will by their action determine what happens next. They need to choose between IPOB or the AutoPilot.

Commonsense dictates that they choose the Kanu led IPOB, which has largely proved itself a toothless bulldog! But do Nigeria leaders have commonsense as the Op originally asked?

officialwdhtv:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NoGIVfrFGo

Boy sleeps with and impregnates his own cousin 😲😲

#wetindeyhappentv

Abraham, a friend of God, married his own half-sister and bore a child through her.

I fail to see what is wrong here.

It will fail.


The drug baron will be booted out by the court, war or no war.

TheBillyonaire:
Such a shame if our politicians do not understand what this war is about. Our gas pipeline through Niger and Algeria to Europe is the reason for this coup and the pending war, so it is important that we focus on our interests and work with any alliances that guarantees our vested interest only.

If peace will guarantee our success, then we must pursue, but if war is the only option, so be it.

Do you have gas running in your house? Or you don't know that like water and electricity you can actually have metered gas running in your house? If we don't have such in Nigeria already, why are we do desperate to sell the gas to other people? Are you forbidden from good things?

I bet you don't even have electricity and running water in your home.

Inferiority complex is your problem, always thinking of the whiteman's interest before yours.


That said, have the Nigerien coupise said they will stop the pipeline? What reason do they have to?

Let them fight.

I'm getting my popcorn ready.

There is no doubting the fact that INEC is at liberty to determine how results are transmitted.

But once the decision is made, and commununicated to interested parties and stake-holders, it becomes part of the Electoral Guideline, and INEC is not at liberty to change it in the middle of an election.

Physicist:
The particular quote some people like to mention about drumming for war by Yorubas in general and attributing the quote to IBB was about General Diya and General Adisa. The quote was not about the entire Yoruba tribe.

If I hear that Diya is planning a coup, I will go to sleep and if I hear Adisa is planning a coup I will go to slumber.

Watch the YouTube video from time 36:00 to 39:00.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUKqVL9zUYA&ab_channel=OputaPanel

Lol.

So pathetic.

Minime10:


Who ask you
Wetin you dey try do now, owon weyrey🤣
Oladipo Diya no be Yoruba man before? Abi, Adisa na Kanuri im be?😏

Lol.

Diya actually admitted incompentence (and cowardice) for both himself and Adisa. The way he said is so I pitiful and funny at the same time. I've laughed so hard.

Ttalk:

Lol.

Diya actually admitted incompentence (and cowardice) for both himself and Adisa. The way he said is so I pitiful and funny at the same time. I've laughed so hard.