Tinubu meets Islamic Scholars, accepts Mediation moves in Niger

President Bola Tinubu is believed to have authorised a delegation of Muslim scholars to meet with the military junta in Niger Republic in order to address the country’s sociopolitical situation.

The religious leaders, who revealed this to media after meeting with the President, said the President accepted their offer.

They stated that their goal is to find a long-term solution that will ensure peace and harmony in Niger Republic and the surrounding region.

“The president like he said welcomed our intervention and he has promised that if we could also talk to people on the other side for them to be ready to give concession, that the ECOWAS that he is Chairman of will also be ready to.

“Other than that, the president deplored coup d’etat in the Sahel region and as a democrat himself he said that he will do everything to ensure that there is democracy, justice, freedom and peace in the sub-region,” leader of the delegation Sheikh Abdulhaman Ahmad said.

Meanwhile, former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mohammed Sanusi, has met with the coup leaders in Niger Republic.

Sanusi, who visited President Tinubu on Wednesday to brief him on his mediation effort in the neigbouring country, said he took the initiative to meet with the junta on his own.