Niger Coup: 'Don't underestimate the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian military' - FFK fires military junta in Mali, Burkina Faso

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fem Fani-Kayode has reacted to comments by the military leaders in Burkina Faso and Mali who threatened that any military intervention against last week’s coup leaders in Niger would be considered a “declaration of war” against their nations.

In a statement on Monday, August 1, Fani-Kayode described the threats as "pitiful and nonsensical".

According to him, military leaders should not "underestimate the fighting force and indomitable spirit of the Nigerian military."

Read his statement below

The military Governments of Mali and Burkina Faso have said that "any attack on Niger Republic by ECOWAS will be regarded as an act of war".

This is a pitiful and nonsensical threat from two pitiful and nonsensical unelected Governments headed by tin pot military dictators.

The biggest mistake that the mutinous rebels and military usurpers of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and their allies can ever make is to underestimate the fighting force and indomitable spirit of the Nigerian military and the sense of solidarity that we as a people kindle, muster and cultivate when confronted in the field of battle by a foreign foe.

We may have challenges and issues in our country but when at war against foreign armies on foreign soil we have NEVER been overwhelmed or defeated. History proves that.

We are slow to anger but irrestiable in battle and if the Burkinabe, Malian or the Nigerien Army test our will we shall bring them to their knees and teach them the lesson of their lives.

Threatening great Nigeria with war is no small matter and, if carried out, will prove costly for them.

Simply put we would crush them like maggots under our feet and send them back to the stone ages where they belong.