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Nigeria issues formal apology to Burkina Faso over airspace violation

Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, travelled to Ouagadougou on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, to deliver an official apology after a Nigerian military aircraft violated the airspace of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

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00:00Nigeria has officially apologized to Burkina Faso for the incursion of a Nigerian military aircraft into the Alliance of Sahel States airspace.
00:09On Wednesday, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tugar was received by Captain Ibrahim Traore in Wagadougou,
00:17where he conveyed Abuja's apology to Bukinabi authorities and the people.
00:22The incident had earlier been denounced in a joint statement by the Sahel member states.
00:27It is regrettable that there were irregularities in the documents, particularly with regards to authorization to fly over Bukinabe airspace.
00:37This is unfortunate, and we apologize for this regrettable incident.
00:41We also discussed the case of a leader of a Nigerian political party who has made disparaging comments about this incident,
00:48which is undoubtedly linked to misunderstanding of the situation.
00:52Carrying a message of solidarity and cooperation from President Ahmed Bolatinoubu to Captain Ibrahim Traore,
01:01the Nigerian minister praised Burkina Faso's gain in the fight against terrorism
01:04and reaffirmed the commitments of both countries to step up cooperation on regional security.
01:10We discussed several issues related to the security of our region,
01:18in particular the fight against terrorism and how we must work together to combat this cause.
01:24Nigeria also commended what it termed the spirit of brotherhood,
01:28shown by the Bukinabe authorities in their treatment of the aircraft's occupants,
01:32who still remain in Bukinabe soil, though released.
01:35a fight against the people of the aircraft's Tell me in the fight against this incident,
01:37and was mentioned in the war.
01:37I think they're a situation where I must work together,
01:38when they're directly interviewed,
01:39I think they're out of the fight against this incident,
01:40where we see a lack of습니까
01:43of a 불가adar and for the human thing about it.
01:44I am a man in the fight against
01:44this incident.
01:45I am a man in the fight against this incident,
01:47and I am a man in the fight against this incident of war.
01:48I don't think of a man in the fight against this incident,
01:49but we still do this to the same.
01:50I don't think of a lot ofmästic
02:02Obviously were going in the fight against this incident,
02:03which people were up to the delta.
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