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Niger leader Abdourahmane Tchiani wearing a camouflage military shirt, with glasses and a brown beret.AFP
Niger\u2019s leader, Abdourahmane Tchiani, accused its neighbour Nigeria of trying to destabilise his country<\/p>\n
Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger\u2019s military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation.<\/p>\n
In a Christmas Day interview, Gen Tchiani accused France of allying with militant groups in the Lake Chad region to undermine Niger\u2019s security, allegedly with Nigeria\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerian authorities are not unaware of this underhanded move,\u201d Gen Tchiani was quoted as saying by AFP.<\/p>\n
In response, Nigeria\u2019s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, told BBC Hausa that the allegations were \u201cbaseless\u201d and \u201cfalse\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Ribadu said Nigeria would never \u201csabotage Niger or allow any disaster to befall it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Nigeria\u2019s Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, said the allegations were unfounded and a \u201cdiversionary tactic aimed at covering his administration\u2019s failures\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese claims exist solely in the realm of imagination. Nigeria has never engaged in any alliance, overt or covert, with France \u2014 or any other country \u2014 to destabilise Niger Republic,\u201d Idris said.<\/p>\n
Idris also denied sabotaging Niger\u2019s pipeline and agriculture, which it was accused of.<\/p>\n
Gen Tchiani\u2019s allegations have worsened diplomatic tensions with Nigeria, already strained since the 2023 military coup that ousted ex-president Mohamed Bazoum.<\/p>\n
West Africa\u2019s regional bloc, Ecowas, led by Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu, imposed economic sanctions on Niger and threatened military intervention if constitutional order was not restored.<\/p>\n
Ecowas came to Nigeria\u2019s defence in a statement on Thursday refuting the claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor years, Nigeria has supported peace and security of several countries not only in the West African subregion but also on the African continent,\u201d the regional bloc said in a statement shared on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cEcowas therefore refutes any suggestion that such a generous and magnanimous country would become a state sponsor of terrorism,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, Ecowas approved the withdrawal of three military-led countries, including Niger, after they refused to restore democratic rule.<\/p>\n
Since the coup, Niger has urged France and other Western powers to withdraw their military bases and formed a security alliance with junta-led neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
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