August 4, 2023 2:36 PMPresident Bola Tinubu has written to the national assembly about military intervention in Niger Republic, in the wake of the coup in the landlocked West African nation.
The use of force was one among many sanctions that the Economic Community of West African States threatened to deploy in Niger should the coup plotters not reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum within a week from last Sunday.
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