The 14th Emir of Kano and the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has met with the military junta in Niger Republic.
This is coming after the couo leaders aborted a meeting with representatives of African Union (AU), Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) and a top US diplomat.
It was gathered that the footages of Sanusi, whose Tijjaniya sect has a large following in Niger, where he met Junta leaders in company of the Sultan of Damagaran, went into circulation.
Sanusi is the Khalifa of the sect in Nigeria.
According to reliable sources, Sanusi went there to open the door for negotiation with the junta.
One of the sources said, “His Highness took the trip in his personal capacity but with the knowledge of President Bola Tinubu following his concerns about the impasse and the likely consequences it is already having on Nigeria/Niger relations and the citizens of the two countries.”
The meeting comes a day before the gathering of ECOWAS leaders in Abuja.
President Bola Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS, had scheduled a meeting for Thursday after the 7-day ultimatum that the regional bloc issued for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum elapsed.