Jonathan Meets Buhari In Aso Rock Over Political Crisis In Mali

Posted by African Examiner African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Friday, May 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to solve their differences and unite for the peace and unity of the country.

Buhari disclosed this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday when he received his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who is presently serving as a Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to Mali.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement disclosed this.

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on the actors in the political crisis in Mali to come together for the peace and unity of the country.

“The President spoke when he received in audience former President Goodluck Jonathan who is Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to the West African country.”

The statement also quoted President Buhari as saying that “a situation where most parts of the country are in the hands of insurgents calls for a consensus and restoration of peace, not a further escalation of the crisis”.

Jonathan also informed President Buhari on the present situation in Mali after meeting with the key political actors ahead of the meeting of ECOWAS leaders under the Chairmanship of President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana.

He disclosed that the meeting of the regional leaders was necessary to urgently find an acceptable solution to the current impasse in the West African nation.