Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said
that Nigeria does not need to seek support from France and Lakurawa terrorists
to destabilize Niger Republic.
He stated this while reacting to claims by President
Tchiani of Nigeria Republic that President Bola Tinubu was conniving with
France to destabilize his country.
Speaking via his X account on Sunday, Fani-Kayode
asserted that Nigeria is not part of the Western powers sponsoring terrorist
organizations to wretch havoc on the West African sub-region.
He insisted that Nigeria has been the victim of major
terrorist attacks and no president in the country would indulge in such a
dangerous act.
He wrote, “If Nigeria wanted to destabilise
Niger Republic I do not believe that we would need France or any terrorist
organisation to do so.
“I have maintained that the western powers are behind
the terrorist groups that have plagued the West African sub region over the
last 15 years and for the last ten years I have publicly stated this and given
my reasons.
“I am equally certain that Nigeria, being one of the
major victims of these terrorist organisations, has had no part in it and that
no Nigerian President, past or present, has indulged in such grave and
dangerous actions.
“The Nigerien Military Head of State, Abdourahamane
Tchiani, would do well to be careful not to provoke our wrath with his absurd
assertions and remain mindful of the fact that the defence budget for his
country, Mali and Burkina Faso COMBINED is not up to 25% of Nigeria’s.
“Tchiani’s grave allegations that President Tinubu and
NSA Nuhu Ribadu have been bought by the French to destabilise Niger Republic,
that our Government is jointly sponsoring a terrorist group with France to do
same and that there are French military bases in Nigeria are infantile,
puerile, mendacious and asinine.
“It is a squalid attempt by the Nigerien Head of State
to sow the seeds of dissention in our country, to alienate our people from
constituted authority, to divide our people and to undermine the Tinubu
administration.
“It is also highly provocative and the FG should
consider the possibility of taking other more extreme measures if this reckless
provocation continues.
“We are under no obligation to show restraint when we
are being undermined and maligned.”
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