Umubano wa dipolomasi hagati ya Nigeria n’ibihugu bitatu byo muri Sahel, ari byo Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger, wongeye gukomera nyuma y’uko Perezida wa Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, avuze ko umutekano muke uri muri ibyo bihugu uri mu bituma ibibazo by’umutekano byiyongera muri Nigeria.
Ibyo bihugu bihuriye mu Ihuriro ry’Ibihugu bya Sahel (Alliance des États du Sahel – AES) byatanze umuburo ukomeye kuri Perezida Tinubu, bivuga ko amagambo ye atanga ishusho itari yo ku bibazo by’umutekano biri mu karere kandi ko ashobora gutuma haboneka igitekerezo cy’uko Sahel ari yo nyirabayazana w’ibibazo bya Nigeria.
Ku wa 30 Nyakanga 2026, Perezida Tinubu yavuganye n’abami n’abayobozi gakondo bo muri Nigeria ku kibazo cy’umutekano muke gikomeje kwibasira igihugu cye.
Yagize ati: “Bamwe muri abo barwanyi si Abanyanigeria. Ikibazo cy’umutekano muke muri Mali, Burkina Faso na Niger kirimo kongera ibibazo bya Nigeria.”
Yasobanuye ko ibitero by’imitwe yitwaje intwaro n’aba-jihadiste bikorwa muri ibyo bihugu bituranye bigira ingaruka ku mutekano wa Nigeria, cyane cyane mu bice byo mu majyaruguru no hafi y’akarere ka Lake Chad.
Nyuma y’ayo magambo, ibihugu bya AES byahamagaje chargé d’affaires wa Nigeria muri Burkina Faso ku wa Kane i Ouagadougou kugira ngo bimuhe ubutumwa bwo kutishimira ibyo Perezida Tinubu yavuze.
Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga wa Burkina Faso, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, wavuze mu izina rya Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger, yavuze ko ayo magambo yoroshya ikibazo mu buryo bukabije, yirengagiza ibitambo byatanzwe n’ingabo n’abaturage bo muri Sahel, kandi atanga ishusho itari yo ku rugamba rwo kurwanya iterabwoba.
Mu itangazo ryasohotse nyuma y’inama, Traoré yavuze ko iryo sesengura ryihuse cyane kandi ritangaje.
Yongeyeho ko ibihugu bya AES byari byiteze ko Nigeria, nk’igihugu gihanganye n’ikibazo kimwe cy’iterabwoba, yagombye gutanga ishusho nyayo y’umutekano mu karere aho kuvuga amagambo ashobora gutuma abantu batekereza ko ibibazo byose bya Nigeria biterwa n’ibihugu bituranye.
Ibihugu bya AES byashimangiye ko umutekano muke ari ikibazo gisangiwe n’ibihugu byinshi byo muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba, bityo ko gushinjanya bidashobora gukemura ikibazo. Ahubwo byavuze ko hakenewe ubufatanye, guhanahana amakuru no gukorera hamwe mu kurwanya iterabwoba.
Mu butumwa bwa AES hanibukijwe ko Niger yatangiye kurwana na Boko Haram mbere y’uko imitwe y’aba-jihadiste ikwirakwira cyane muri Burkina Faso na Mali.
Ibyo bihugu byavuze ko aho gucyaha Nigeria, byahisemo gukomeza gukorana na yo mu rugamba rwo kurwanya iterabwoba kuko ikibazo cy’umutekano kidashobora gukemurwa n’igihugu kimwe gusa.
Amakuru yatangajwe nyuma y’iyo nama avuga ko uhagarariye Nigeria muri Burkina Faso yemeye kwakira ubutumwa bwa AES kandi ko azabugeza ku buyobozi bwa Nigeria i Abuja. Yanashimye imbaraga zashyizweho na Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger mu kurwanya iterabwoba, anagaragaza by’umwihariko uruhare rwa Niger mu gukumira ibitero byashoboraga kwibasira ubutaka bwa Nigeria.
Iyi nkuru ije mu gihe Ecowas n’ibihugu bya AES bikomeje kugirana ibiganiro bigoye nyuma y’ihirikwa ry’ubutegetsi bwa demokarasi muri Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger. Ibyo bihugu byahise byitandukanya na Ecowas, bishinga Ihuriro rya AES kandi bitangira gukorana bya hafi n’u Burusiya mu bya gisirikare n’umutekano. Nigeria yo yakomeje gushyigikira Ecowas no kwigaragaza nk’igihugu kiyoboye uwo muryango.
Nubwo Nigeria ifite igisirikare gikomeye kurusha ibyinshi mu bihugu byo muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba, ikomeje guhura n’ibibazo bikomeye birimo ibitero by’aba-jihadiste mu majyaruguru y’uburasirazuba, ibikorwa bya Boko Haram na ISWAP, ishimutwa ry’abanyeshuri n’abaturage, ubwicanyi bukorwa n’imitwe yitwaje intwaro, amakimbirane hagati y’aborozi n’abahinzi ndetse n’ubwambuzi bukorwa n’amabandi yitwaje intwaro.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko ari muri urwo rwego Perezida Tinubu yashakaga gusobanura ko ikibazo cy’umutekano gifite imizi irenze imipaka ya Nigeria.
Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger bikomeje gukomeza umubano wabyo na Moscow nyuma yo kuvuga ko ubufasha bw’ibihugu byo mu Burengerazuba no bwa Ecowas butatanze ibisubizo bihagije ku kibazo cy’iterabwoba. Uwo mubano mushya urimo ubufatanye bwa gisirikare, amahugurwa y’ingabo ndetse n’ubundi bufasha mu rwego rw’umutekano.
Nigeria yo ikomeje kuvuga ko ubufatanye bw’akarere binyuze muri Ecowas bukiri ingenzi mu kubungabunga amahoro n’umutekano muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba.
Impuguke mu bya politiki y’akarere zemeza ko aya magambo ya Perezida Tinubu atari ikibazo cy’umutekano gusa, ahubwo agaragaza itandukaniro rikomeje kwiyongera hagati ya Nigeria n’ibihugu bya AES mu bya dipolomasi no mu miyoborere.
Mu gihe Nigeria ikomeje gushyigikira demokarasi n’imikorere ya Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali na Niger byo byafashe inzira yo kwigenga no gushaka abafatanyabikorwa bashya, cyane cyane u Burusiya.
Nubwo impande zombi zitaratangaza ko habaye ikibazo gikomeye cya dipolomasi, amagambo ya Perezida Tinubu n’uburyo AES yayamaganye byerekana ko hari ukutumvikana gukomeye ku ishusho y’ikibazo cy’umutekano muri Sahel n’uruhare rwa buri gihugu mu kugikemura.
Icyakora, impande zombi ziracyagaragaza ko gukomeza ibiganiro no gukorana mu kurwanya iterabwoba ari byo bifite akamaro kurusha gukomeza guterana amagambo, kuko ibihugu byose byo muri Afurika y’Iburengerazuba bikomeje guhura n’ingaruka z’umutekano muke ukomeje gukwirakwira muri ako karere.
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