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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres is currently at the Presidential Villa Abuja, where he is in a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The UN scribe arrived at 3pm.
Guterres was in Borno State recently where he met with some repentant terrorists and advocated for their re-integration into society, especially those who voluntarily surrendered to military authorities.
Sources within the presidency said the meeting between both leaders will centre around security challenges bedevilling Nigeria and solutions open to the country.
In Abuja, Guterres is also expected to officiate a wreath-laying ceremony for victims of the 2011 bombing at the UN House and will then meet with young people’s delegates, women, religious leaders and diplomatic communities and journalists.
FURTHER READING:
The 2011 Abuja bombing was a car bomb explosion on Friday, August 26, 2011, Abuja’s UN building that killed 23 UN employees and wounded 60.
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