Bola Tinubu, barely two months into the job as Nigeria’s president, has led regional efforts to reverse last month’s coup in neighbouring Niger, if necessary by force.
But with a deadline for Niger’s new junta come and gone, Tinubu’s gamble already looks reckless to some, with one Lagos-based newspaper accusing him of “dangerous warmongering”.
Opposition to military intervention, which has come from across Nigeria’s political spectrum, has complicated Tinubu’s efforts to find a way out of the unfolding crisis and reestablish Nigeria as a regional force.
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