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BREAKING: Osinbajo Departs Nigeria For Ghana
- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Nigeria for Ghana
EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has departed Abuja to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the second extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana.
The latest development was made known via a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, on Thursday.
The statement was titled, ‘VP Osinbajo To Represent Nigeria At Ecowas Meeting In Accra Concerning Situation In Guinea.’
According to Akande, the ECOWAS meeting is holding over the recent coup in the Republic of Guinea.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari would be represented by his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the 2nd Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in the Republic of Guinea today.
“Prof. Osinbajo had participated last week at the previous ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on the political situation in Guinea and Mali. That meeting was held virtually on the 8th of September.
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“The Authority decided then that Guinea be immediately suspended from all ECOWAS governing bodies and statutory meetings. ECOWAS leaders had also called for the immediate and unconditional release of President Alpha Conde and other arrested persons; demanded the immediate return of Guinea to constitutional order; and decided to immediately dispatch a high-level ECOWAS mission to Guinea to assess the situation.
“The physical meeting taking place today will review the situation in Guinea in light of the report of the ECOWAS high-level mission to Conakry.
“The Vice President who leaves Abuja this morning would be accompanied by the Foreign Affairs Minister of State, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, and is expected back in Abuja later today,” Akande stated.
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