Saturday, December 28, 2024 -Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has described the Nigerien military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s claim of President Bola Tinubu’s complicity in the formation of the Lakurawa terrorist organization as baseless.
In an interview with Radio-Télévision du Niger, Tchiani accused Tinubu
of conniving with France to destabilize the Niger Republic.
He alleged that the Lakurawa terrorist group, with the help of foreign
security forces, including Nigeria’s, was responsible for the attack on the
Niger-Benin oil pipeline on December 13, 2024, in Gaya, Dosso Region of Niger
Republic.
Reacting to the claims, Sani stated that such a terrorist group could
not be harboured in Nigeria, contrary to Tchiani’s assertion and urged the
Nigerian government and its Niger Republic counterpart to work together against
terrorism.
Posting on X, he wrote: “The specific claim made by the President of
Niger Republic about the complicity of Nigeria in the formation of the Lakurawa
terrorist group is baseless.
“For a country whose people have suffered over a decade of kidnappings
and bloodshed at the hands of terrorists and are still fighting, it’s
inconceivable that such a terrorist group could ever be harboured here.
“Niger’s President’s claims are wild conjectures, hollow, superstitious,
and an imaginary conspiracy theory lacking any credible evidence.
“The way forward is for Niger and Nigeria to work together in
confronting and extinguishing the common threats.
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