President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders have arrived in Bamako, the Malian capital to find a solution to the worsening political crisis in the francophone country.
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Presidents Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, Macky Sall of Senegal, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana are some of the leaders who arrived in Bamako on Thursday.
InsideOjodu had earlier reported that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari, would be flying out of Abuja for Bamako, Mali, on Thursday on a peacekeeping mission.
According to Adesina; “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.”