solidarity and brotherhood, Buhari had appointed ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo as his
special envoy to intercede and assist find a solution to the crisis rocking the country.
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.
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.
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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