West African leaders including Nigeria’ s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd ) , have arrived in Bamako , the Malian capital to find a solution to the worsening political crisis in the francophone country.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that Buhari ’ s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , announced Wednesday that his principal would join his counterparts from the West African regional bloc on a peacekeeping mission to Mali.
“ President Muhammadu Buhari will Thursday depart for Bamako , Republic of Mali on a one - day visit , following the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“ The Nigerian President and some ECOWAS leaders led by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the sub- regional organisation , President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic , agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country, ” Adesina wrote .
In Bamako with Buhari on Thursday are Presidents Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast , Macky Sall of Senegal , Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and Nana Akufo - Addo of Ghana .
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