Buhari Off To Ghana For Emergency ECOWAS Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Sunday for Ghana, to attend an emergency Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS, convened to discuss recent political happenings in Mali.

The meeting is at the instance of the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.

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As the situation in Mali continues to unfold, Nigeria had condemned the May 24 military coup and 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; the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo.

Buhari is expected back in Abuja at the end of the one-day Summit.