President Muhammadu Buhari has
told the authorities of Guinea Bissau that Nigeria needs its troops back,
stating that the tropical country must accept a constitutional way of resolving
the crisis in their country.
In a statement by his Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke while
receiving the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel A. de Souza, at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
Buhari was quoted as saying that
he expected a formal report on the situation in Guinea Bissau at the 52nd
Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government
holding this weekend in Abuja.
The president also said that
Nigeria would continue to fulfill its obligations to the sub-regional body.
“We need our troops back home,
and I hope the President of that country will accept a constitutional way to
resolve the situation there.
“Thanks for being firm, and for
insisting on transparency and accountability at the ECOWAS headquarters,”
Buhari said.
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