Coup: ECOWAS Envoy Abubakar, Sultan Arrives Niger Republic, Photos, Details Emerge
- Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's ECOWAS delegation is currently in Niamey, Niger Republic
- Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) who led the envoy arrived in Niamey, as part of the moves to end the military takeover in the West African country
- Tinubu charged the envoy which included the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III and President of Ecowas Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu Touray, to quickly settle all the current political crisis in Niger
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Niamey, Niger Republic - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) envoy headed by General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) and Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar III, have arrived in Niamey, Niger Republic, for talks with coup leaders.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's media aide, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz confirmed this development on Thursday evening, August 3rd via Twitter.
Source: Twitter
He tweeted:
"ECOWAS Envoy General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) and Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar III arrive in Niamey, Niger Republic, for talks with coup leaders, Thursday evening."
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The mission of General Abubakar (Rtd) and Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar in Niger
The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, dispatched the delegation earlier on Thursday with a mandate to expeditiously resolve the current political impasse in the country.
The action was in line with the resolution reached at the end of the extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS held last weekend in Abuja, Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesman, noted in a statement.
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu Touray, was also part of Tinubu's high-powered delegation, Daily Trust reported.
Coup d'état: US gives crucial order amid military takeover in Niger Republic
Emerging reports have confirmed that the United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its citizens in the coup-inflicted Republic of Niger.
As reported by BBC, the spokesperson to the US Secretary of State, Matthew Miller, revealed that the US embassy in Niger would remain open despite the order for a partial closure.
Niger Republic' Coup d'etat: List of 5 countries absent as ECOWAS Defence Chiefs meet in Nigeria
Military chiefs across West Africa are currently in a crucial meeting at the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission chairperson, Omar Touray, disclosed this after an extraordinary session presided over by its chairman, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Abuja.
Defence Chiefs from Mali, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, and Guinea are conspicuously absent from the meeting currently ongoing in Abuja.
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