Tinubu meets Islamic scholars, approves negotiations with Niger coup leaders

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, August 9, met with Islamic Scholars at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

As reported by Channels TV, the president, Tinubu is said to have authorized a group of Muslim Scholars to meet with the military junta in the Niger Republic in a bid to resolve the socio-political crisis in that country.

The religious leaders made this disclosure to newsmen after meeting with the president, and said their offer had been accepted by Tinubu, The Nigerian Tribune report added.

Speaking further, the Islamic leaders disclosed that their mission is to find a lasting solution that will ensure peace and harmony in the Niger Republic and the sub-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.