Osinbajo departs Abuja for Accra to attend ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Mali

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, leaves Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. He will also meet Nigerian community in Ghana today.

Prof. Osinbajo who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, at the summit will join other leaders in the sub-region to discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the sub-region at large.

A statement today by his Media Aide, Laolu Akande, stated that the Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub-region to resolve Mali’s political crisis.

While in Accra, the statement added, the Vice President will also meet with representatives of the Nigerian community in Ghana to discuss issues bothering on their wellbeing in the West African country.

“Accompanying the Vice President is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada.  Prof Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja today at the end of his engagements in Ghana,” the statement added.