The federal government has firmly denied any plans to destabilize the Republic of Niger, as well as the claims of French military troops stationed in northern Nigeria to prepare for destabilizing the Nigerien government.
In a statement issued by Acting Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, the government dismissed the allegations as baseless and called for them to be entirely disregarded.
The refutation follows claims circulating in Niger Republic that Nigeria, along with other foreign nations, had supported a terrorist group involved in the December 13, 2024 attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline in the Gaya area of Niger.
