President Tinubu Didn’t Breach Constitution For ‘Bombing’ Benin Republic —APC Senator Declares

A former Ekiti lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Senator Ayodele Arise, has backed President Tinubu’s Military action over Republic of Benin.

Brand News Day Nigeria reports that the former lawmaker, who represented Ekiti North in the Senate, support for the recent military intervention in the Republic of Benin aimed at quelling a coup attempt.

Sanator Arise dismissed suggestions that President Tinubu acted hastily or breached the Constitution by taking action before formally notifying the National Assembly.

Arise thrown his defense in support of President Tibubu, on Saturday, while speaking as a guest on an Arise TV programme.

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Arise’s concerns came barely 24 hours after the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, confirmed that the 11 Nigerian military personnel detained following an emergency landing in Burkina Faso remain in custody.

Tuggar made the disclosure while speaking to journalists at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja.

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“We are discussing how we can resolve this delicate matter as quickly as possible, and we’re talking. So it’s something that is being handled diplomatically,” he said.

The minister also clarified that the Nigerian Air Force aircraft involved had no connection with Nigeria’s intervention in the recent military coup in Benin Republic.

The 11 military officers were aboard a C-130 aircraft that made an emergency landing in Bobo Dioulasso, in south-western Burkina Faso, and were subsequently arrested amid suspicion that they were involved in a rescue mission linked to the Benin coup.

However, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Emile Zerbo, claimed that the aircraft violated national procedures by entering the country’s airspace without authorisation.