ulating on the internet show Niger Republic demonstrators brandishing banners with an altered image of President Bola Tinubu.

The images of President Tinubu, who also serves as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, were tagged with cancellation marks.

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Protesters in Niger throw slur words on the banner

Protesters scratched out “Bola” from the banner and replaced it with “Ebola,” thereby renaming Nigeria’s President.

The demonstrators took turns slamming the banner images of President Tinubu.

As the protesters threw slur words on the image of President Tinubu, pro-coup demonstrators rallied around to watch the event unfold.

This comes as ECOWAS seeks to confront the coup that deposed Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum’s administration.

President Tinubu dispatched a group to Niger on Thursday that included the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu Touray, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Retd), a former head of state of Nigeria.

To establish a definitive and peaceful conclusion in Niger, Tinubu advised the delegates to engage all parties intensely.

He emphasised that rather than following the geopolitical viewpoints of other countries, the emphasis should be on democracy and peace

Images of protesters referring to Tinubu as Ebola surface in Niger.

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