‘Nigeria will never support military coup in Niger’ – FG

The Federal Government has said Nigeria volition ne'er enactment a subject coup oregon immoderate unconstitutional alteration of government, pursuing claims that the state backed a failed coup effort successful the Niger Republic.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, made this known successful a connection issued on Thursday.

According to the statement, the claims circulating connected societal media are baseless and misleading.

Enikanolaiye said Nigeria remained committed to democracy, law regularisation and governmental stableness successful West Africa and would not enactment immoderate effort to region a authorities done unconstitutional means.

“Nigeria volition ne'er enactment illegality oregon unconstitutional alteration of authorities anywhere, nary substance who is progressive oregon which state is concerned,” helium said.

The curate besides rejected claims that Nigeria, done its rank of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), supported oregon endorsed the subject takeover successful Niger.

He said the Federal Governme...