Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is\u00a0 to depart Abuja on Thursday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.<\/p>\n
Osinbajo\u2019s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would\u00a0 deliberate on the political situations in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.<\/p>\n
The meeting is coming as part of the resolutions reached at last week\u2019s virtual meeting chaired by Ghana\u2019s President Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n
It will review the report of the ECOWAS delegation despatched to Quagadougou to meet with the military junta who recently seized power in Burkina Faso<\/p>\n
The summit will be attended by regional leaders who will be considering imposing additional sanctions after the country was suspended from the regional body the previous week.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 24, soldiers forced the removal of democratically elected President Roch March Kabore from office in a military coup.<\/p>\n
The military takeover of government in Burkina Faso follows the same occurrence in Mali and Guinea recently.<\/p>\n
President Muhammadu Buhari has been delegating the vice president to represent Nigeria at a series of ECOWAS leaders\u2019 summits on the issues of undemocratic, military takeover of governments in the region.<\/p>\n
Osinbajo will be accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada, Presidential Special Adviser on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu and other top Nigerian diplomats.<\/p>\n
The vice president is expected back in Abuja later on Thursday.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 28, members held an extraordinary summit on the political situation in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
Members had demanded the immediate release and protection of President Roch Kabore and all the other political detainees;<\/p>\n
Members demanded the immediate restoration of constitutional order by the militaries and urges them to remain republican by focusing on the role of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the country;<\/p>\n
Members instructed the commission to facilitate the deployment of a joint ECOWAS Ministerial Mission to Burkina Faso, to assess the political situation and submit their report to the Authority of Heads of State and Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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