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Niger Republic Coup Leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has apologised to President Tinubu for not according the first team sent by him to Niger Republic, says they were angry about the ECOWAS ultimatum and that Niger Republic and Nigeria were not only neighbours but brothers and sisters who should resolve issues amicably.
According to Sheikh Bala, General Tchiani was pained that the ECOWAS leaders did not hear their side of the matter before issuing ultimatum to them to quit office.
Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani agrees to dialogue with ECOWAS after his meeting with Nigerian Islamic Scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau in Niger Republic
According to Niger Republic’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, General Tchiani gave the green light for talks with ECOWAS and was optimistic the talks with ECOWAS would take place in the next few days.
‘’We have agreed and the leader of our country has given the green light for dialogue. They will now go back and inform the Nigerian President what they have heard from us…. we hope in the coming days, they (ECOWAS) will come here to meet us to discuss how the sanctions imposed against us will be lifted,’’ he said.
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