JUST IN: Osinbajo heads to Accra for ECOWAS session

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), will be in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali.

According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, 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 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.

According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, the Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub region to resolve Mali’s political crisis.

Prof Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja today at the end of his engagements in Ghana.

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