President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Sunday, travel to Ghana
for an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS).
Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman, said the one-day summit
will discuss the recent political developments in Mali.
Mali’s interim President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar
Ouane were detained for three days by soldiers following a coup.
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited the
country and subsequently briefed Buhari about his trip on Friday.
In a statement on Saturday by Adesina said the president is
expected back in Abuja at the end of the summit.
“Prior to the extraordinary summit, the President had met
with the Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator in Mali, former President Goodluck
Jonathan, who briefed him on the latest developments in the country following
his meeting with key political actors in the West African country,” the
statement said.
“As the situation in Mali continues to evolve, Nigeria had
condemned the May 24 military coup, the subsequent detention of the president
and prime minister by soldiers, and called for the immediate and unconditional
release of all civilian officials detained.
“President Buhari will be accompanied by the minister of
foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi
Magashi (rtd), minister of industry, trade and investment, Otunba Richard
Adebayo, and director-general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed
Rufai Abubakar.”
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