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Nigeria Denies Backing Failed Niger Coup

From Vanguard · () English

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  • Nigeria rejected claims that it and ECOWAS backed a failed coup attempt in Niger.
  • Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sola Enikanolaiye called the claims baseless, irresponsible and deliberately misleading.

Nigeria’s federal government has denied social-media claims that Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States backed a recent failed coup attempt in Niger.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sola Enikanolaiye described the claims as “baseless, irresponsible and a deliberate attempt to misinform.”

Baseless, irresponsible and a deliberate attempt to misinform.

· Sola EnikanolaiyeNigeria’s foreign affairs minister of state dismissed the social-media claims.
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