President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday dispatched a delegation to the Republic of Niger with a mandate to resolve the current political impasse occasioned by the recent coup in the country, according to a report released yesterday by the DAILY POST.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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More so, the action was in line with the resolution reached at the end of the extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS held last weekend in Abuja, based on the report.
CHANNELS TV reports that, the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement noted “that the delegation, headed by former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), left for Niamey on Thursday following a briefing by President Tinubu at the State House in Abuja”.
Moreover, Tinubu, the Chairman of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), charged the delegation to ensure a robust dialogue to end the impasse. Also, the former Nigerian Head of State is also joined in the delegation by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu Touray, based on the report.
However, according to the report, “the President also sent a separate delegation, led by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, to engage with the leaders of Libya and Algeria on the Niger crisis, saying that “we don’t want to hold brief for anybody. Our concern is democracy and the peace of the region”.
Meanwhile, Both leaders of the two missions expressed optimism on the outcome of the assignments, according to the report.
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