President Tinubu flanked by fmr Head of State Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoton, Babagana Kingibe and other members of the delegations for the peace talks
* Sends delegations to Niamey, Tripoli, Algiers for peace talk
By Jon Egie
President Bola Tinubu has named former head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar, as special envoy to Niger to negotiate with the military junta.
Abubakar leads other delegates that include Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu Touray.
In a separate diplomatic move, President Tinubu, has also charged veteran diplomat and politician Babagana Kingibe to go to Libya and Algeria to explain ECOWAS concern about the coup in Niger. Kingibe is leading the team to Libya and Algeria.
Spokesman to the president, Ajuri Ngelale in a statement said the president has charged the two delegations to engage all stakeholders robustly with a view to doing “whatever it takes to ensure a conclusive and amicable resolution of the situation in Niger for the purposes of African peace and development” rather than a move to adopt the geopolitical positions of other nations.
Meanwhile the 7-day deadline given the coup makers to restore democracy ticks away.
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