{"id":93858,"date":"2023-08-09T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu"},"modified":"2023-08-09T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:45:49","slug":"us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"\u2018US, France using Nigeria to attack Niger\u2019 \u2013 El-Zakzaky advises Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against attacking Niger Republic.<\/p>\n

El-Zakzaky alleged that France and the United States, US, are trying to use Nigeria to attack Niger Republic.<\/p>\n

He said Tinubu should understand that Nigeria and Niger Republic are one going by history, noting that such a move was shocking.<\/p>\n

He stressed that Tinubu should reconsider the planned attack on Niger Republic.<\/p>\n

In a statement he signed, El-Zakzaky traced the historical unity between Nigeria and Niger.<\/p>\n

According to him: \u201cAll of a sudden, France and the US want to use Nigeria to attack Niger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very shocking given the fact that Nigeria and Niger are one people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the territories of such empires that were carved out to create Niger and Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Niger\u2019s junta turned down the latest diplomatic mission from African countries.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against attacking Niger Republic. El-Zakzaky alleged that France and the United States, US, are trying to use Nigeria to attack Niger Republic. He said Tinubu should understand that Nigeria and Niger Republic are one going by history, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1219,1917,470,254,945,373],"class_list":["post-93858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-el-zakzaky","tag-france","tag-niger","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018US, France using Nigeria to attack Niger\u2019 \u2013 El-Zakzaky advises Tinubu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against attacking ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018US, France using Nigeria to attack Niger\u2019 \u2013 El-Zakzaky advises Tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against attacking ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-09T10:23:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-09T12:45:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1691568833.843481.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018US, France using Nigeria to attack Niger\u2019 \u2013 El-Zakzaky advises Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-09T10:23:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-09T12:45:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1691568833.843481.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"El-Zakzaky\",\"France\",\"Niger\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-france-using-nigeria-to-attack-niger-el-zakzaky-advises-tinubu\",\"name\":\"\u2018US, France using Nigeria to attack Niger\u2019 \u2013 El-Zakzaky advises Tinubu - 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