US EditionTinubu seeks Senate approval to deploy troops to Benin Republic
President Tinubu cited constitutional requirements and ECOWAS obligations in seeking Senate approval to support Benin against a coup attempt after Nigerian Air Force personnel intervened.
- On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu sought Senate of Nigeria approval under Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution to deploy troops to the Republic of Benin, a letter read by Godswill Akpabio.
- On Sunday, soldiers identifying as the Military Committee for Refoundation announced they had removed President Patrice Talon, led by Tigri Pascal, while the French Embassy in Benin reported gunfire near Camp Guezo.
- Nigerian Air Force personnel were already on the ground assisting Benin before the Senate saw the request, responding to Benin authorities, and Tigri Pascal has been declared wanted.
- The Senate will consider bilateral ties and ECOWAS collective-security principles as it reviews the request, while Godswill Akpabio referred it to the Committee of the Whole for immediate consideration.
- Regional instability in recent years frames why Nigeria and ECOWAS consider such requests significant, as Tinubu's letter stated 'The situation as reported by the Government of Benin requires urgent external intervention.
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In Benin, following the attempted coup d'état on 7 December, the Economic Community of West African States announced that it would immediately deploy troops as part of its standby force, an exception for eight years.
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