Photos: Nigerian Ulamas Negotiate With Niger Coup Leaders

Some Islamic clerics from Nigeria have held a meeting with the leaders of the military coup in Niger Republic as part of efforts to resolve the political situation in the West African nation.

Naija News reports the clerics under the auspices of the Council of Ulamas, met with the leader of the military coup in Niger, Abdourahmane Tchiani.

The meeting held on Saturday in Niamey, the country’s capital.

The delegation of Islamic clerics it would be recalled had earlier got approval to intervene in the Niger crisis after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu last week Wednesday at the presidential villa in Abuja.

See some photos from the meeting in Niger below.

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has suggested the engagement of a diplomatic resolution with Niger coup plotters amidst directives by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for troops to be on standby.

The LP candidate made the plea shortly after the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government hosted by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, in a decision taken at an extraordinary summit attended by top diplomats from the United Nations, African Union and the regional bloc ordered the commencement of preparations for the possible mobilization of troops and equipment for a possible confrontation with coup leaders in the Niger Republic.

Taking to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter on Sunday, Peter Obi emphasized that primacy must be given to diplomacy of resolution with minimal disruptive impact on Nigeria and the West African sub-region.