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Buhari Urges Respect For Constitutional Order In Guinea Bissau

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership in Guinea Bissau, including the military, to ensure respect for constitutional order, sanctity of life and safety of … Continue reading Buhari Urges Respect For Constitutional Order In Guinea Bissau


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foreign loansPresident Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership in Guinea Bissau, including the military, to ensure respect for constitutional order, sanctity of life and safety of citizens.

He also asked them to avoid taking any further action that could threaten the fragile democratic institutions recently established in the West African country.

In a statement on Friday by President Buharis’ spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President expressed deep concern about the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr Domingos Simoes Pereira and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz.

In demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood, President Buhari had sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau.

The former Nigerian President embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar yesterday.

“It is regrettable that while Former President Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall, President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear-in a new Prime Minister, Mr Baciro Dja, a development that has worsened the political situation in his country,” the Nigerian President said.

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.

The President particularly urges the leadership in Guinea Bissau, including the military, to ensure respect for constitutional order, sanctity of life and safety of citizens, and avoid taking any further action that can threaten the fragile democratic institutions recently established in the country.