Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, has levelled improprieties at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over some measures he led Nigeria to take against Niger.
Arising from the Nigerien military’s usurping power from President Mohamed Bazoum, Tinubu had ordered the closure of Nigeria-Niger borders alongside cutting off power supply to the francophone nation.
The Economic Community of West African States, which he chairs is also approaching the verges of going to war with the Nigerien junta.
Ndume at a virtual ECOWAS Parliament meeting on Saturday said, the President by those decisions overstepped his authority.
“We are the representatives of the people. Whatever action that must be taken should be dependent on what our people want.“The ECOWAS Chairman, President Tinubu, wrote to the Nigerian Senate on the planned military intervention in Niger and the Red Chamber vehemently opposed the use of force. Members instead prefer that dialogue should be adopted in resolving the impasse.
“President Tinubu has no right to close the Niger-Nigeria border and cut off electricity without the approval of the Nigerian National Assembly. It is not the juntas that are suffering the sanctions, but innocent people,” the Senator representing Borno South said.
