Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has described as nonsensical and pitiful the war threat by the military in Burkina Faso and Mali.
Naija News understands that Fani-Kayode was reacting to the statement by the military in the African countries that “any attack on the Niger Republic by ECOWAS will be regarded as an act of war”.
Earlier on Monday, the junta-led governments of Burkina Faso and Mali issued a warning that any military effort to restore Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be viewed as a “declaration of war against their two countries.” 
The warning followed West African leaders, backed by Western partners, threatening the use of “force” to reinstate Bazoum, the democratically elected leader. In addition, they imposed financial sanctions on the coup leaders.
Both Burkina Faso and Mali denounced these moves, insisting that they refuse to apply the “illegal, illegitimate and inhumane sanctions against the people and authorities of Niger”.
Reacting, however, to the developments, Fani-Kayode, in a statement via his Twitter page on Tuesday, said 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 irresistible 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.”
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