Tinubu meets governors of states that share boundaries with Niger Republic

On the same day that the ECOWAS ultimatum to the Niger Republic coup leaders expired, Tinubu met with the governors.Governors from five northern states that border the Niger Republic met with President Bola Tinubu.On Sunday, August 6, 2023, Tinubu met with the governors of Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Yobe, and Katsina States (namely, Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, Mohammed Nasir Idris, Mai Mala Buni, and Dikko Umar Radda). The gathering takes place on the day that the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) ultimatum to the Niger Republic's coup leaders expired. Emerging from an extraordinary meeting in Abuja on July 30, 2023, the sub-regional body resolved to impose a wide range of sanctions on the Niger Republic to force a return to constitutional order in the country. Meanwhile, according to a post on his Twitter page on Sunday evening, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed that Tinubu met the five governors as part of wider consultations on the situation in Niger Republic. "H.E. President @officialABAT on Sunday evening met with Governors of States that share boundaries with Niger Republic at the State House in Abuja. The meeting was part of wider consultations by the President on the situation in Niger.