A high-level delegation representing the ECOWAS Chairman President Bola Tinubu, comprising former Head of State Retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Saád Abubakar III, and the President of ECOWAS commission HE Omar Alieu Touray, has commenced discussion with the coup plotters in Niamey in an effort to restore government stability to the nation.
The Nigerien military junta is represented at the meeting by General Barmou and other top brass
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saád Abubakar III was also a military Brigadier General, before ascending to his throne