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Former Nigerian Emir of Kano Meets Niger Putschists

On Wednesday, one of West Africa’s most important traditional and religious leaders flew to Niamey, Niger’s capital, to meet with the country’s coup leaders.

 

The former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, paid a visit a day before an ECOWAS regional conference Thursday in Nigeria to assess the bloc’s response to Niger’s junta’s failure to meet their deadline to release President Mohamed Bazoum.

 

Sanusi, a revered Tijanniyah Sufi spiritual leader and former governor of the Nigerian Central Bank, met with coup leader Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, the former chief of Bazoum’s presidential guard. What was discussed has not yet been made public.

 

Niger’s new military junta has taken moves in recent days to consolidate control and has rebuffed international efforts to mediate, banning delegates from the African Union, United Nations, and ECOWAS from reaching the country a day early.

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