The Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Obi Aguocha, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to desist from the urge to declare war against Nigeria’s West African neighbour, as it will engrave great implications.
Aguocha in an issued statement to President Tinubu on Friday, urged him to jettison any war option so as not to put Nigeria into unnecessary risks.
The Labour Party lawmaker, who called on the President not to rush into war with Niger Republic in his bid to please the United States of America and France added that doing so could earn Nigeria the wrath of Russia.
In his words: “We are on the verge of being played by the US and France into going to war in defense of their interests and risking confrontation with Russia and the Wagner Group.
“May our Government not turn out to be either incompetent or vainglorious or both. Now is the time to speak out. May our Government be properly guided “.
He, however, argued that Nigeria cutting off the power supply to Niger Republic was tantamount to breaching the trade agreement she earlier entered into with her Francophone neighbour.
“Those whom the gods want to destroy, they first make vain and mad.
“We are intending to violate treaty obligations to supply power to Niger Republic (in return for their not damming the River Niger upstream of Kainji and Jebba) in aid of inchoate foreign policy goals and objectives.
“We are very broke, and can barely fund our debts to cushion the poor from severe economic hardship; the unemployed, and most especially the military to deal with multifaceted insurgence and domestic threats, yet we are roaring to go to war against the regime in Niamey“, he added.
Aguocha insisted that better ways of resolving the political crises in Niger without resorting to war should be implored.
