Nigeria’s Federal Government said Thursday that it had received news of
the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt and the suspension of
the country’s constitution with serious concern.
Egyptian Armed Forces overthrew the first democratically elected
President of Egypt after protesters gathered near the Presidential
Palace for days.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement referring to the developments as "a truncation of the aspirations of the Egyptian people to freely express themselves through the ballot box."
"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," the statement further read. "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."
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