Most Rev. Professor Daniel Yinka Sarfo, former Anglican Bishop of the Kumasi Diocese, has advised heads of ECOWAS states to tread cautiously in their pursuit of peace enforcement in troubled Niger.
According to him, action and reaction are equal and any wrong move in providing a solution in Niger could have adverse effects on soldiers of member States of ECOWAS.
He was speaking to Silver FM’s ace broadcaster in an interview on the way forward to achieving peace in Niger.
According to the Anglican Bishop, it is a dangerous agenda to pursue peace enforcement from the backdrop that a politician must be protected by fellow politicians at all cost and means.
He has, therefore, recommended diplomacy and what he called “jaw, jaw” against “war, war” in order to save lives of both soldiers and civilians alike.
The Anglican Prelate, who retired from the Ghana Armed Forces with the rank of Major, noted that politicians will benefit from the expedition at the end of the day, hence the need not to expose lives of soldiers to danger.
Archbishop Yinka Sarfo stressed that dialogue is key in trying to resolve the Niger crisis and urged leaders of the ECOWAS to probe why coup d’états are prevalent in the sub-region, particularly the Francophone.
He said Ghana will continue to uphold democracy because military rule is not the best option. The retired Military officer, who holds an ECOMOG medal for peace keeping in Liberia, cautioned African countries to learn from the Niger situation and advised against bad governance to end the seeming endless coup d’états in West Africa.
