 We will know to allow cool after cool It's Africa, South-British Is Chief Bola Ahmed Tinibu a puppet for France? As the prospects of war seem to cloud the horizon in West Africa Due to the standoff between Echoes and the military Hunter in Niger one of the questions that Continuously plagues the mind of every observer is what is Echoes led by its chairman President Tinibu truly fighting for? Are they sincerely trying to restore so-called democracy or are they just puppets in the hands of neocolonialist France? After the military took over in Niger, Echoes gave them one week to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bozoum or face potential use of force The ultimatum, however, passed without the cool leaders showing any sign of submitting to Echoes demands Despite the numerous sanctions imposed on the country by the bloc and the international community In response to the defiance by the military hunter the regional bloc decided to hold an emergency meeting to decide the way forward During this meeting Echoes chairman and Nigerian president Bola Tinibu described the ongoing political crisis in the Niger Republic as a threat to the stability of other western african countries To show that they were indeed serious about their threat of using force to restore democracy One of the decisions made was to deploy a stand by force in Niger While this decision by Echoes has been applauded by France and the USA, many in Africa have protested and are firmly against it The Amalka-Kabral movement, SSM, is one of the groups that have protested the decision by Echoes Reacting to the position of the Echoes heads of state, the assas movement stated that the crisis in the Niger Republic Should be properly understood as a part of the unresolved questions of the independence struggle and the decolonization process in Africa The group urged the Echoes heads of state to allow Niger to solve its issues internally, warning the West African regional body not to wage war against Niger It also said such a military intervention would serve the imperialist interests of the United States of America and France They also questioned the authority of the regional bloc to retire democracy Stating who are the Echoes heads of state who want to restore the so-called democracy in the Niger Republic What are their credentials other than being puppets for the governments of the US and France that are holding their various territories in Echoes in bondage for imperialist exploitation and dominance What do they have to show for their misrule other than frauds, treasury looting, violence against dissenting voices, imposition of IMF World Bank policies, hardships and sufferings of the majority of the people in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic Another group, the West African People's Organization, WAPO, has also vehemently opposed the decision of Echoes In a statement released on August 2nd WAPO stated that the decision of Echoes is to maneuver by colonial France and Great Britain under the hegemony of American imperialism to resort to armed intervention under the guise of restoring democracy and human rights in Niger They warned that the real purpose was to keep Niger continually in the imperialist fold and describe the ousted President Bozoum as servile to the imperialist powers of NATO Particularly France, which for decades has plundered its uranium In another statement released by Quacy Pratt, General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana, SMG He warned that the sub-regional war will destroy millions of lives and hamper production of goods and services with severe ramifications for the entire continent Questioning the moral standing of the Echoes leaders to invade Niger, the statement added Our leaders have not raised concern about the squalor, lack of basic amenities Or exposure of children to deadly radiation that the French capital imposes on the inhabitants of uranium mining towns Our leaders have not protested the number of innocent citizens killed by US and French troops in their so-called counterinsurgency operations Rather, our leaders have forced through laws granting US troops full immunity for crimes committed on our soils Essentially ceding our sovereignty to foreign militaries Now, while France and the USA have applauded and seemingly backed Echoes in their decision Till today the American government has not designated what happened in Niger as a military coup Because if it did, the US government, as expected by its law, would have ceased all military assistance, technical support and diplomatic relations Also, the French government has not stated in clear terms how many troops they would support Echoes with for their supposed military intervention Instead, they are even evacuating their people This means that if they end up going to war, it would be soldiers from Nigeria, Ghana And those African countries who would fight with soldiers from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso The fact that the Echoes community does not see how devastating It is that their threat of force to restore democracy will lead to Africans fighting Africans is truly baffling How disastrous will that be for the African continent? This is why Femi Foni KO'd, a former minister of Nigeria, said if Echoes must go into Niger in the name of wanting to restore constitutional order So be it, but let the body do so without any Nigerian troops Let the French and their Francophone allies in our sub-region, with American intelligence and logistical support, do the job on their own and leave us out of it It is only if our nation is attacked or our sovereignty is violated that we should get into the fray Clearly, there are other paths to restoring democracy in Niger So why resort to violence that would not only destabilize Niger but also West Africa Can Echoes manage the consequences of the war in the region? Definitely not So why push for the use of force to reinstate an ally of France? If they were truly so democratic conscious, why didn't they use force to restore democracy to Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and even Chad? It seems that everyone except Echoes knows that they are just puppets in the hands of the West, most especially France, which wants to have continued dominance in Africa Or maybe they know, but they don't care Everybody has accepted Abraham Lincoln's definition of democracy Which is the government of the people, by the people, for the people and so whose interest is president Tiniabu and Echoes championing If Nigerians do not support your decision to go to war and neither do the people of Niger appreciate your so-called help in restoring them to democracy At this point, Echoes has two choices go ahead with the war leading to destabilization In the region and remain an ally of the west or focus on restoring democracy without war Thereby causing France and probably the USA to lose their foothold in the country Which will they choose? What are your thoughts? Do leave your comment down below and don't forget to subscribe like and share this video