As part of efforts to defuse the political crisis in Niger Republic, President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with some critical stakeholders in the ECOWAS intervention in the crisis.
President Tinubu is the chairman of the authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Attending the ongoing meeting are the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray; leader of the ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic’s military junta, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Though there was no brief to the media on the agenda for the meeting, a source revealed that the reason would revolve round averting armed conflict over the Niger Republic crisis.