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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to consider military intervention in Niger Republic.<\/p>\n

The chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last resort if the Niger coup leaders do not relinquish power to the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.<\/p>\n

After a meeting of the bloc\u2019s defence chiefs in Accra, Ghana\u2019s capital city, ECOWAS said on Thursday, that it had begun the activation of its standby force in Niger.<\/p>\n

However, in a Twitter post today, El-Rufai claimed military intervention would be a war between brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs ECOWAS beats the drums of war, I recall the 1970s rock classic by Dire Straits \u2013 \u2018Brothers in Arms\u2019, because a war within our subregion is a war between brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, the people of Niger Republic are one and the same with those living in Northern Nigeria. Let us bend therefore over backwards to avoid this civil war between brothers,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to consider military intervention in Niger Republic. The chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last resort if the Niger coup leaders do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,847,1651,470,254],"class_list":["post-94713","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-ecowas","tag-el-rufai-2","tag-niger","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nNiger: Civil war between brothers \u2013 El-Rufai warns ECOWAS against military intervention - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) no ...\" \/>\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\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Niger: Civil war between brothers \u2013 El-Rufai warns ECOWAS against military intervention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) no ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-22T10:07:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-22T12:42:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692691821.175129.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\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\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Niger: Civil war between brothers \u2013 El-Rufai warns ECOWAS against military intervention\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-22T10:07:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-22T12:42:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1692691821.175129.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"ECOWAS\",\"El Rufai\",\"Niger\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-civil-war-between-brothers-el-rufai-warns-ecowas-against-military-intervention\",\"name\":\"Niger: Civil war between brothers \u2013 El-Rufai warns ECOWAS against military intervention - 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