{"id":6886,"date":"2025-12-02T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:07:26","slug":"nigeria-welcomes-presidential-candidate-of-guinea-bissau-post-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2025\/12\/02\/nigeria-welcomes-presidential-candidate-of-guinea-bissau-post-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria welcomes presidential candidate of Guinea Bissau post coup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3wq2zznz1o\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3wq2zznz1o<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau occurred just three days after a presidential election, preventing the release of results and leading to the asylum of opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa in the Nigerian embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coup was triggered after armed men destroyed the electoral commission&#8217;s main server and physical tally sheets, making it impossible to publish the vote count. Both the incumbent, Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3, and Dias da Costa had claimed victory in the poll. Dias da Costa, the main challenger, was granted asylum by Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu, a move the Nigerian foreign minister stated was a firm commitment to safeguarding democratic aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The West African regional bloc, <strong>ECOWAS<\/strong>, quickly suspended Guinea-Bissau and sent a delegation to mediate with the junta. Despite heated talks, the junta swore in a new transitional leader, Gen Horta N&#8217;Tam, who will rule for one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid allegations that the coup may have been a &#8220;sham&#8221; orchestrated by Embal\u00f3 himself to avoid a loss, the political turmoil highlights the country\u2019s deep instability, which has seen at least nine coups or attempts since 1974. Guinea-Bissau remains a key drug-trafficking hub, with the military often highly influential in politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State interests relates to how allowing foreign political candidates boosts public opinion. The benefits of allowing a former presidential candidate of another country to reside in your country shows the tolerance and resilience of a democracy. Additionally, the state of Nigeria wants to maintain regional security and influence. If they had let the candidate stay in Guinea Bissau she would&#8217;ve most likely been harmed or killed, so intervening and making sure she is safe is a serious concern for the Nigerian government. It also shows that Nigeria wants to ensure regional leadership, showing that they were the ones to take immediate action. Being the regional leader comes with many benefits, such as trade power and influence over other countries. Nigeria emphasizes this with its intervention in Guinea Bissau by taking the candidate.         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3wq2zznz1o The recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau occurred just three days after a presidential election, preventing the release of results and leading to the asylum of opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa in the Nigerian embassy. The coup was triggered after armed men destroyed the electoral commission&#8217;s main server and physical tally sheets, making it impossible to publish the vote&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2025\/12\/02\/nigeria-welcomes-presidential-candidate-of-guinea-bissau-post-coup\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6886\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}