₦airaland Forum

Zanzibar1:
When you do things that are normal, it doesn't attract much traction. But when you do controversial things, you get popular quickly.
It appears to develop quick attention, just play on people's religious emotions.

I don't see anything wrong with the cake.

OasisX:

Benin’s President Patrice Talon appears on live TV for the first time since the attempted coup.

He says, “The situation is totally under control,” blaming the failed takeover on “a small group of soldiers."

pic.twitter.com/8IGcMpVHxi

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) December 7, 2025

BlueRayDick:
I hope the rumors that Nigerian airforce dropped bomb on cotonou are not true o.

We really don't need any external conflict at this moment

liveLongNprospa:
You go like make Benin dey unstable?
Country wey dye share boarder with our economy nerve center

Payporte01:
With all the constant killings, kidnapping going on, Bello turji him boys and the others dey bush dem nor send their so call jets go there. Na Benin dem wan show their small muscles for

Amoto94:
Shaykh ul-fadeel

Unlimited22:
We have precision airstrikes for Benin Republic, but negotiation for Islamic terrorists.


OK cool.

Amoto94:
Update. No uproar from the usual voices

BlueRayDick:
Where is the bold coming from? Where in any of my posts did I suggest that? Are u confusing me with someone else?

My post u quoted simply says I hope Nigeria didn't bomb Benin as it is being rumored online.

I'm hoping Nigeria didn't bomb Benin because by unilaterally doing so, we are giving any bigger country implied permission to bomb us as a sovereign nation over any of our internal issues they decided to intervene militarily.

OasisX:


.....For Nigeria Invade a Sovereign Nation Crooner, this is for you. LOL!

DissTroy:
You do realize the report you posted is an official confirmation that Nigeria actually invaded a sovereign nation, right?

Worse even, no part of the official statement mentioned Tinubu consulted with the NASS - he took a unilateral decision to invade a sovereign country on "saving democracy" grounds?

You also realize all our arguments that Trump can't invade Nigeria on "saving Christians" grounds have been rendered invalid, right?

Already, all of the 4 or 5 military dictatorships in West African will increase their hostilities against Nigerians in their domains and particularly consider us threats.

Go on X; many strong APC guys are condemning the bombing.

We handled this one badly. We should never have officially admitted to invading and bombing a sovereign nation.

South Africans are having a field day on X, mocking our hitherto claims of Pan-Africanism.

liveLongNprospa:
Calm down.
Looks like this place has been something else since I last argued.

Nor vex nor vex.

OasisX:


.....read again bruh. LOL!

DissTroy:
We are stating the same thing. There's a Benin Republic account on X this minute posting hour by hour updates of bombings and shootings going on there.

Coup is treasonable.

Asking a foreign government to invade your country is treasonable.

It's a stalemate.

We should never have admitted it was us bombing - we should have been silent. That's what the U.S. does in Latin America.

OasisX:


..........they called for help, Nigeria responded and delivered. That’s all matter, rest na story bruh.

We can’t allow a repetition of Niger scenario in the South, that ain't gonna happen. ECOWAS Standby Forces are already on ground to clear off the planet, the remaining Coupists.

DissTroy:
ECOWAS deploys troops to Benin Republic.

https://www.nairaland.com/8576741/ecowas-orders-immediate-deployment-troops

Good. That's what we should have done as allied/regional forces - not Nigeria going to bomb. Or we could have just bombed as first on the scene then claim it was ECOMOG.

The U.S. does same claiming NATO forces as a buffer.

DissTroy:
ECOWAS deploys troops to Benin Republic.

https://www.nairaland.com/8576741/ecowas-orders-immediate-deployment-troops

Good. That's what we should have done as allied/regional forces - not Nigeria going to bomb. Or we could have just bombed as first on the scene then claim it was ECOMOG.

The U.S. does same claiming NATO forces as a buffer.

DissTroy:
We are stating the same thing. There's a Benin Republic account on X this minute posting hour by hour updates of bombings and shootings going on there.

Coup is treasonable.

Asking a foreign government to invade your country is treasonable.

It's a stalemate.

We should never have admitted it was us bombing - we should have been silent. That's what the U.S. does in Latin America.

BlueRayDick:
Nigeria unilaterally dropping bombs in a sovereign nation because we don't want their democratically elected government to fall is not the flex those people goading Nigerian federal government think it is.

Ibime:
You are confusing unilaterally with bilaterally

So far it was requested by the legitimate Government of Benin, it is above board

afrodoc2:
The government of Benin requested for help nah. The Nigerian forces were sent at their government's request to save them from unconstitutional change of government. Nothing controversial about this.

afrodoc2:
The government of Benin requested for help nah. The Nigerian forces were sent at their government's request to save them from unconstitutional change of government. Nothing controversial about this.