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Leading Nigerian bishop opposes military intervention in neighboring Niger
August 07, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Following a July 26 coup d’état in Niger, neighboring Nigeria and other nations of the Economic Community of West African States gave Niger’s military a deadline to restore the president to power.
As the deadline approached, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji of Owerri, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, condemned the coup, but urged the Nigerian government not to invade Niger.
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