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Nigeria denies backing failed Niger coup

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  • Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied claims that ECOWAS supported the failed coup in Niger.
  • The ministry described the claims as false and mischievous, rejecting any implication that Nigeria endorsed the coup.

Nigeria has rejected claims that the Economic Community of West African States supported the failed coup in Niger, saying the allegations falsely implied that Nigeria endorsed it.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had been alerted to what it called “false and mischievous claims” about ECOWAS and Nigeria’s position.

False and mischievous claims

· Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe ministry used the phrase to describe allegations that ECOWAS supported the failed coup and that Nigeria therefore endorsed it.
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