What The Nigerian Constitution Says About Deploying Troops To Foreign Countries (MUST READ)
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”5-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the federation
(a) shall be vested in the President
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(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section-
(a) the President shall not declare a State of war between the Federation and another country except with the sanction of a resolution of both Houses of the National Assembly sitting in a joint session; and
(b) except at the prior approval of the Senate, no member of the armed forces of the Federation shall be deployed on combat duty outside Nigeria.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, the President, in consultation with the Nigeria Defence Council, may deploy members of the armed forces of the Federation on a limited combat duty outside Nigeria if he is satisfied that the national security is under imminent threat or danger;
PROVIDED that the President, shall within seven days of actual combat engagement, seek the consent of the Senate and the Senate shall thereafter give or refuse the said consent within fourteen days”.
