The Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, has disclosed that he is ready to dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States after meeting with Nigerian Islamic scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, in the Niger Republic.
This was made known by the Niger Republic’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, noting that General Tchiani has agreed to talk with ECOWAS and was optimistic that 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 of what they have heard from us. We hope that 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.
