Senator Ali Ndume, representing Southern Borno Senatorial District, has criticised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions imposed on Niger Republic following the July coup d’état.
He argued that the sanctions negatively impact the people of eight Nigerian states bordering Niger, as well as over 120,000 Borno State’s refugees fleeing Boko Haram attacks.
The Senator said that the ECOWAS sanctions, implemented in response to the military coup deposing President Mohamed Bazoum, violate international humanitarian law. He expressed these concerns in a Saturday evening interview with journalists in Maiduguri.
Even as he expressed his opposition to the military coup, Senator Ndume stressed that punishing innocent citizens through sanctions that hinder their basic needs is unacceptable.
He noted that cutting off electricity, restricting movement, and preventing food, fuel, and water from reaching Niger negatively impacts not only Nigeriens but also Nigerian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Niger and border states.
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