Niger is the 4th country in our sub-region to go banana after Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
The Military has once again illegally and unlawfully taken over the reins of the country by throwing away the grundnorm of their country, the Constitution of Niger.
As usual, the same tailless and unreasonable reasons were assigned. Economic situation, corruption, and inability to defeat the Jihadists.
As usual, our security ‘experts’ or analysts are on.
Are they ranting and raving or they are expertly communicating on the matter involving the sub-regional body, The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the Military Junta who stole the rights, power, and mandate of the people?
A President who was elected to serve a five-year term and only 2 years in office, the junta decided to do the needles task by overthrowing him, and our security ‘experts’ are rather criticizing the sub-regional body for its intentions to reinstate Mohammed Bazoum, the elected President of the Republic of Niger.
Mohammed Bazoum was treated unfairly and the junta even had the audacity to charge him with high treason. Nauseating.
The ‘security experts’ are mute on this.
The experts are not condemning the nonsensical behavior of these stealers but rather the ECOWAS.
No President on this earth including those from advanced countries could resolve any economic, social, and other challenges within two years in office.
I challenge anyone to state the contrary.
When ECOWAS is currently contemplating using force to restore Democracy, Constitutionalism, and the Rule of Law, the ‘experts’ and their cohorts are all over criticizing the sub-regional body and some are even going to the extent of using unprintable words against the heads of state of member countries because they have decided to act militarily against the stealers.
This is wrong.
Who speaks for the innocent President, who was elected by the people?
Who speaks for his family?
Who speaks for his cabinet?
Some of the ‘experts’ speak almost in support of coup detat and affirm the madness of the junta.
This is shameful.
Yes, diplomacy, negotiation, and mediation should be the starting efforts.
But we should be careful not to try and rationalize military takeovers and the irrationality happening in Niger.
Some of these security ‘experts’ are naively talking about the support the mandate stealers are enjoying from their population. This assertion is bizarre and fruitless.
Even satan has supporters or followers. Having Some members of the population supporting the junta does not make the coup legal or legitimate.
Coup deta is an unpleasant process.it is bad and very destructive.
No coup had produced anything good including Ghana’s first coup against Kwame Nkrumah, our first President.
The subsequent ones were the same, with no positive benefits for the people.
Ask our brothers in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Fasso if the soldiers have been able to achieve any mileage after their actions.
The people who supported their actions have regretted it.
No free speech, no free movement, the rule of law is buried, economic disorder, a demonstration against government policies or programs, poverty galore, you cannot do any political party activities, you dare not criticize the government, abuse of human rights, and other nasty things happening.
It must be stressed that those African leaders too who are always anxious to stick to power by illegally changing or wickedly amending their constitutions should cease that unconstitutional behavior.
Those acts are as madness as the military ones. Such blatant abuse should also be condemned and discarded.
ECOWAS leaders should have the ‘balls’ to peer-review and condemn their ‘mates’ who behave in that nefarious manner.
Our security ‘experts’ must be measured in their submissions on this ECWAS-Niger saga and stop playing to the gallery.
They should be apolitical, objective, and fair in their utterances.
It was appalling to hear one ‘expert’ using jovial words and even going to the extent of talking about Ghana’s military strength on air.
His comments were absurd and sickening.
Unprofessiomslly on the part of the journalist to allow him to speak in that sordid manner.
To the loud politicians especially from the Minority, what would have been their response in the unlikely event their candidate becomes a President and a military junta does the unthinkable, will their sentiments be the same as they are today, and will the majority support ECOWAS to intervene,?
The ugly partisanship of some Ghanaians is not productive and should be discouraged.
What is wrong is wrong?
Trying to rationalize it is tantamount to hypocrisy.
I am on the part of ECOWAS, but I also believe that diplomacy must be the opening route.
The junta has no business seizing power from an elected President.
President Mohammed Bazoum should be reinstated.
He is the legitimate President of the Republic of Niger.
The junta must relinquish the stolen power and go back and perform their legitimate duties of protecting Democracy, the Constitution, and the Rule of law.
Ahmed
The Servant