Buhari Sends Obasanjo To Guinea Bissau

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on
August 21 has expressed deep apprehension
over the unfolding political situation in Guinea
Bissau.



It should be noted that Guinea-Bissau’s new
prime minister Baciro Dja was sworn in
Thursday despite angry protests from the ruling
party, deepening a political crisis a week after
the government was sacked.

Femi Adesina, presidential media aide, in a
statement, said in displaying of true African
solidarity and brotherhood, Buhari had sent ex-
president Olusegun Obasanjo as his special
envoy to intercede and assist find a solution to
the crisis rocking the country.

Buhari’s spokesman revealed that Obasanjo
boarded on the first leg of his mission by
consulting with the incumbent chairman of the
Economic Community of West African States
Authority of Heads of State and Government,
President Macky Sall of Senegal, in Dakar on
August 20, Thursday.

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He lamented that while Obasanjo was still
consulting with President Sall, President Jose
Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau advanced to appoint
and swear-in a new prime minister, Baciro Dja.
Adesina said this development has gotten
worse the political situation in his country.

He therefore cited Buhari as appealing for peace
and control in the country.

The statement reads in part, “ President Buhari
appeals for calm and calls on the leadership in
Guinea Bissau to exercise utmost restraint and
ensure the maintenance of law and order as
efforts continue to resolve the current crisis.



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