Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at a meeting of six Heads of States and Governments with the leaders of last Thursday’s military coup in Burkina Faso.
President Buhari had on Tuesday hosted Heads of States and Governments of ECOWAS at an extraordinary summit in Abuja, where it was resolved that six Heads of States and Governments hold a meeting with the leaders of the bloodless coup.
In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr Garba Shehu said that the extraordinary summit addressed the current political crisis in the West African State.
President Buhari also condemned the coup in Burkina Faso and called for the restoration of civil transitional authority.
The President called for the return to democratic rule after elections due for October 11.
Nigeria had donated 20 vans to the Burkina Faso electoral commission towards a successful conduct of the general elections.
Burkina Faso’s presidential guard under General Gilbert Diendere, seized power from the interim President Michel Kafando in a bloodless coup.
The Vice President is expected back in Abuja later on Wednesday.
