Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to allegations by President Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger Republic that Nigeria is conniving with France and the Lakurawa terrorists in a bid to destabilize his country.
Tchiani had, during an interview with Radio-Télévision du Niger on December 25, accused the Nigerian government of using the sect, with the help of foreign security forces notably from France, to wreck havoc in his country, insinuating that President Bola Tinubu had been paid by the France government to allow their military to establish a base in Borno State.
He also alleged that Nigeria, acting in collaboration with the French government and the terrorist group, was responsible for an attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline on December 13, 2024, in Gaya, Dosso Region of Niger Republic.
