BREAKING: Tinubu seeks Senate’s permission to deploy troops to Benin Republic
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Nigerian Senate requesting consent for the deployment of Nigerian troops to Benin Republic.
The troops are to embark on a peace mission in response to the ongoing attempted coup in Benin.
There was a coup attempt in Cotonou following an attack on President Patrice Talon’s residence in the Le Guézo neighbourhood early Sunday.
Recall the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, had executed a coordinated operation alongside Beninese authorities in an attempt to contain the coup
