By Muhammadu Sabiu
After failing to reach an agreement with the delegation of the Economic Community of West African States over the restoration of democracy in Niger, the General Abdourahmane Tchiani-led military junta in the Republic of Niger plans to recall the Nigerien ambassador to Nigeria.
As it works to remove French and US forces from the nation and declares an end to all Memorandums of Understanding between France and the Republic of Niger, the junta also intends to recall Niger’s ambassadors to Togo, the United States, and France.
This was confirmed to a Nigerian newspaper Friday morning by defence sources present at the ongoing meeting in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
Another source, according to the Punch Newspaper, said, “The ongoing negotiation has failed. The junta has declared that it’ll recall Niger’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Togo, France, and the US,” an impeccable defence source said in a terse message sent to our correspondent Friday morning.
“The junta has just announced that it’ll evict French and US troops in Niger Republic, noting that all MoU agreements between France and Niger has ended.”
On July 26, 2023, Mohamed Bazoum was imprisoned in a palace coup by the military junta in Niger commanded by Tchiani, the former Head of Presidential Guard to the elevated President.
Tchiani afterwards proclaimed himself Head of State.
The ECOWAS sent two delegations abroad on Thursday in an effort to settle the political situation in the Niger Republic. Their aim was to find a solution to the problem.
A second delegation, led by Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, met with the leaders of Libya and Algeria regarding the Niger crisis, while the first delegation, led by former head of state of Nigeria General Abdulsalami Abubakar (ret. ), discussed the coup plotters and other parties in the country’s capital, Niamey.
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