The specific claim made by the President of Niger Republic about the complicity of Nigeria in the formation of the Lakurawa terrorist group is baseless.For a country whose people have suffered over a decade of kidnappings and bloodshed in the hands of terrorists and still fighting,it’s inconceivable that such a terrorist group will ever be harboured here.Niger President claims are wild conjectures;and hollow,superstitious and imaginary conspiracy theory lacking any credible evidence.
The way forward is for Niger and Nigeria to work together in confronting and extinguishing the common threat.
FRANCE
The Military President of Niger Republic insisted that there is France military presence in Nigeria while the Federal Government has consistently denied the existence of French military bases in the country.Linguistics experts in English and French should help us in differentiating between “Presence” and “Bases”.
