January 06, (THEWILL) – A special meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which will be held in Ghana on Sunday, to deliberate on the political situation in Mali.
This was the subject of a parley at State House, Abuja on Thursday between the Head of the ECOWAS Mediation Team, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, and President Muhammadu Buhari
Jonathan arrived at the Presidential Villa at 14:00 GMT and immediately went into a closed session with his host, President Muhammadu Buhari..
The meeting, according to a release by Media Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, was to prepare ground for a special meeting of ECOWAS Heads of Government which will be held Sunday in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the political situation in Mali.
President Buhari, at the meeting, repeated his earlier pledge that whatever Nigeria would do on the Mali situation would be done within the ambit of ECOWAS.
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