Nigerian Ambassador, Sani Usman Debunks Reports of Attack On Embassy In Niger

There have been pictures/videos trending on social media purportedly showing the Nigerian Embassy in Niamey on fire.

Nigeria has debunked social media reports that its embassy in Niger’s capital Niamey had been attacked amid the ongoing coup crisis in the region.

This comes after videos emerged on social media purportedly showing the Nigerian Embassy in Niamey on fire allegedly attacked by a mob angry at Nigerian government position on the coup.

It is ”not true. This is not Nigerian embassy,” the Nigerian ambassador to Niger, Mohammed Sani Usman, revealed on Friday.

He said more security personnel have been deployed to protect the embassy and its staff and to ensure the safety of other Nigerians living in neighbouring Niger.

President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, current chairman of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS which has threatened to use force against the military junta in Niger in order to reverse last month’s coup.

This has angered the coup leaders and their supporters in the country. Niger and Nigeria have long historical, cultural and religious as well as economic ties.

The two countries share a border stretching more than 1000 kilometres. But the coup appears to be testing these age long ties.

The junta has recalled Niger’s ambassadors to Nigeria, Togo, France and the US in response to the countries’ condemnation of the coup and the pressure they have been mounting for restoration of constitutional order.

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