Wetin the Federal Government go talk..Am sure they are afraid by now.
The Federal Government said on Thursday
that it received the news of the removal of Egypt’s President, Mr.
Mohammed Morsi, and the suspension of the country’s constitution with
grave concern,
Morsi was overthrown by the country’s military after days of protest near the Presidential Palace.
In a statement in Abuja, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs described the development as “a truncation of the
aspirations of the Egyptian people to freely express themselves through
the ballot box.”
It added, “This unfortunate development
is a gross violation of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which
prohibits unconstitutional change of government. It constitutes a
serious setback to the remarkable progress which Africa has made in
fostering the culture of democratic governance in the continent.
“Nigeria calls for the immediate
restoration of the democracy order in Egypt and urges the Egyptian Armed
Forces to allow the democratic culture to thrive in the country.”
Meanwhile, South African Government has
said it has immediately begun the withdrawal of all non-essential
personnel from its embassy in Cairo.
The International Relations Department of South Africa was quoted on Thursday by the News Agency of Nigeria,
as saying, “All non-essential personnel and families attached to the
South African Embassy in Cairo will be temporarily withdrawn until the
situation allows for their return,” Clayson Monyela spokesperson for
department said in a statement.
However, a report by NAN and Reuters said Israel’s Government on Thursday avoided any show of satisfaction over the ouster of Morsi by the army.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declined any comment on the issue.
But a Netanyahu confidant, Tzachi
Hanegbi, was quoted as expressing the hope that the appointment of Adli
Mansour would lead to the restoration of contacts with Cairo.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who
holds sway in the occupied West Bank, on his part, offered praise for
the Egyptian army, saying it had preserved security.
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