Daniel Bwala, former aide to presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu was not responsible for the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States.
Bwala exonerated Tinubu in a post via his official X handle on Sunday, noting that their withdrawal from ECOWAS has everything to do with the dynamics of proxy trade conflicts between Russia/China and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
He said this while reacting to the announcement of withdrawal of membership by the military junta in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the ECOWAS on Sunday.
The military juntas said it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the Economic Community of West African States “without delay”.
Bwala, meanwhile noted that the development has nothing to do with Tinubu’s leadership or lack thereof as it was being spreaded on social media on others news platforms.
Speaking on the development, the former lawmaker urged Nigerians to focus on the nation.
“The withdrawal of the three West African nations from @ecowas_cedeao ECOWAS has nothing to do with @officialABAT President Tinubu’s leadership or lack thereof as it is peddled by naysayers . It has everything to do with the dynamics of proxy trade conflicts between @GovernmentRF Russia/China and the NATO. @NATO
“Nigeria is not at war with both blocs, so we are good and President Tinubu would find a path for lasting peace in ECOWAS.
“Let’s focus on our nation and together as a people we would find solutions to our age long problems.
“Make dem dey there dey and make we dey our dey”, Bwala wrote.
