By Udesinanna Stephen
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, has warned the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS, on the dangers of going to war with Niger Republic saying that “millions of our people have families on both sides of the border.”
Kayode drew ECOWAS’s attention to the situation following Burkina Faso and Mali’s deployment of fighter jets to the Niger Republic and the presence of Russian Wagner forces in the Country to assist the Juntas.
In his words, “Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed fighter jets to Niger to assist them in the event of an invasion. Russian Wagner forces have been deployed to Niamey to assist the junta in the event of an attack.”
The Former Minister, on his Twitter handle @realFFK, noted that “ECOWAS commanders said the D-Day for an attack ‘has been set’. This is madness! Worse still, there are more Nigereins living in Nigeria than there are in Niger! Going to war with Niger will end up being more like a civil war because millions of our people have families on both sides of the border.”
“Please ponder on that before the first shot is fired, and we send our boys to the killing fields!” He warned.