President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina had hinted on the planned visit followed the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Buhari’s media aide on Social Media Lauretta Onochie, also took to the streets of Twitter to announce the departure, revealing the President and the Presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger & Senegal are on a high-powered mission to defuse Mali’s political crisis.
Pres @MBuhari, along with the Presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger & Senegal are on a high-powered mission to defuse Mali's political crisis.
Its an important duty of care towards another African brother nation.
We wish them success as they return peace to the people of Mali pic.twitter.com/zToXZv1Xgq
— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) July 23, 2020
The President, @MBuhari, outside his sanitised personal space, and in line with the prevalent Covid-19
safety rules, wears a mask as he jets out to Mali.Safe trip Sir. pic.twitter.com/HD0seyoYvD
— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) July 23, 2020
His personal assistant on New Media, Mr Bashir Ahmad, then confirmed that the President had arived Bamako, the capital and largest city of Mali.
According to Femi Adesina’s statement, President Buhari and the ECOWAS Chairman, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic had already agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
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The two leaders are expected to be joined by the Host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire respectively.
“We will ask the President of Niger, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS to brief us as a group, and we will then know the way forward“, President Buhari was quoted as saying.
The arrival of President @MBuhari in Bamako. He is in Mali with some ECOWAS leaders led by President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic, as they agreed to meet there to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. pic.twitter.com/qzblArbaRE
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 23, 2020
