In a resolution condemning the putsch in the West African country and the suspension of the constitution by renegade soldiers led by Captain Amadou Sanogo, the senate proposed the use of force to restore Toure’s government.
The senate argued military action would send the strongest message not only to the soldiers in Mali but elements elsewhere in Africa who might want to draw inspirations from Captain Amadou Sanogo.
Following a motion by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba calling for a Nigerian-led invasion to oust the soldiers, Senate President David Mark maintained that the coup plotters in Mali must be removed from power.
“Clearly, Nigeria needs to show leadership and it is not just leadership by words but leadership by deeds and if we are able to put together ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to come out in whatever way to let the Malians know that we cannot fold our hands and allow non-democratic government to come to power through whatever means,” he said.
Meanwhile, ECOWAS on Thursday set the coup leaders a three-day ultimatum to restore constitutional order or face diplomatic and economic isolation.
The junta have cited former President Toure government’s “incompetent” handling of a rebellion by the Tuareg desert warriors in the country’s north.
While the putsch has created turmoil in Bamako, the Tuareg have made territorial gains and the rebel soldiers have earned condemnation from the world community and from African leaders.
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Five heads of state from the 15-nation ECOWAS bloc were on Thursday on a plane headed to Mali for crisis talks with the coup leaders.
However, their plane turned back when dozens of pro-coup demonstrators swarmed the runway at Bamako’s airport.
The delegation — made up of the presidents of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Benin and Niger — returned to the Ivory Coast city Abidjan.
At an emergency meeting, they urged ECOWAS member states to place a travel ban on Mali’s military rulers and threatened a “diplomatic and financial embargo” unless order is restored within 72 hours.
Observers are hardly surprised by Nigeria’s tough stance on Mali given the growing fears that the Boko Haram terror war against the Nigerian state might snowball into a coup d’état.
The fears have been heightened since the soldiers in Mali stated that their action was precipitated by the activities of the Tuareg rebels, which has displaced 200,000 people in that African country.
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