PRESIDENT Buhari has promised to give Niger Republic robust support during the country’s prepares for its presidential and National Assembly election later this month.
The president said this while receiving in audience former Vice President Namadi Sambo, who heads
ECOWAS Election Mission to the Republic of Niger.
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari also applauded President Mahamadou Issoufou, of Niger Republic for not adhering to the constitutional stipulations of his country and not attempting to tamper with them.
The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari pledges support for polls in Republic of Niger, describes outgoing President as ‘very decent man”.
Buhari said, “I come from Daura, few kilometers to Republic of Niger, so I should know a bit about that country.
“The President is quite decent, and we are regularly in touch. He is sticking to the maximum term prescribed by the Constitution of his country.
“Also, we share more than 1,400 kilometers of border with that country, which can only be effectively supervised by God.
“I will speak with the President, and offer his country our support. We need to do all we can to help stabilise the Sahel region, which is also in our own interest.”
The statement further quoted Sambo as congratulating Buhari on the successful return of abducted schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, and also his 78th birthday, last week.
He pledged that ECOWAS would ensure peaceful and fair elections in the Republic of Niger, despite current political, legal, and security issues, adding that meetings were already being held with the relevant stakeholders.
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