During Civil War Diori Hamani Of Niger Agreed To Assist Nigeria Get Vital Equipment – Salisu Matori

Salisu Matori, an elder statesman and former Senator representing Bauchi South in the 4th Republic has alleged that Nigeria benefited from the support of the Niger government during the 1967-1970 Civil War. He made this allegation while speaking on the political impasse in Niger in a video shared by Trust TV

According to Matori, during the war, the then-president of Niger, Diori Hamani, and his counterpart in Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo assisted Nigeria to acquire vital equipment when other countries turned their backs on Nigeria.

In Matori’s words “Nigeria should adopt the maturity that the whole world is expecting Nigeria to do. That means we must stop looking at every issue from a very narrow perspective. Nigeria should grow out of that… During the Nigerian Civil War, the whole world turned its back on Nigeria it was only Diori Hamani of Niger and Ahmadou Ahidjo of Cameroon that agreed to assist Nigeria in acquiring viral equipment”.

(Watch the video from 0:46 and 1:33)

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