{"id":41923,"date":"2021-04-28T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=41923"},"modified":"2021-04-28T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:29:12","slug":"insecurity-us-africom-will-recolonise-turn-africa-into-syria-korea-shehu-sani-warns-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-us-africom-will-recolonise-turn-africa-into-syria-korea-shehu-sani-warns-buhari","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: US AFRICOM will recolonise, turn Africa into Syria, Korea \u2013 Shehu Sani warns Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned against his recent call for the United States to relocate its US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, close to the Theatre of Operation.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari admonished the international community to support Nigeria and the sub-region in tackling growing security challenges to avoid spillovers.<\/p>\n<p>But Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker from Kaduna central senatorial district, described the plea as \u2018unconscionable,\u2019 and an open invitation for recolonization of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver Six decades since Independence, African countries should purposefully work together to confront &amp; address their security challenges, while honorably seeking foreign technical assistance. The call for the US to relocate its @USAfricaCommand HQ to Africa is unconscionable,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sani, a lawmaker of the 8th national assembly, \u201cThe President\u2019s call for World powers military HQ on African Soil is an open invitation for recolonization of Africa. It\u2019s easier to tell and get them to come and when they come, it\u2019s impossible to tell and get them to go out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned that \u201cOnce the US relocates their HQ to Africa, Russia, China, Iran, Saudia, Israel and co would follow suit with establishing their Commands HQs, and then Africa will be militarily balkanized; then we either become like Korea or like Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned against his recent call for the United States to relocate its US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, close to the Theatre of Operation. Buhari admonished the international community to support Nigeria and the sub-region in tackling growing security challenges to avoid spillovers. 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