Immediately after returning from London the Nigerian leader presided at a crucial international event in Abuja on Saturday, May 14. President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed African and global leaders in the capital of the nation to discuss joint anti-terrorism steps, safety and security in the region. Learn more from the photo report below: READ ALSO: Just In: See […]
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Immediately after returning from London the Nigerian leader presided at a crucial international event in Abuja on Saturday, May 14.
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed African and global leaders in the capital of the nation to discuss joint anti-terrorism steps, safety and security in the region.
Learn more from the photo report below:
President Muhammadu Buhari welcoming President Francois Hollande of France at the presidential villa in Abuja on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Credit: NAN-Photo
President Muhammadu Buhari introducing the members of his cabinet to the visiting french president, Francois Hollande, at the presidential villa in Abuja on Saturday, May 14. Credit: NAN-Photo
The summit is bringing regional member states of the joint task force to fight Boko Haram together and to discuss further strategies. Present at the summit in Abuja are the heads of states of France, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Equatorial Guinea & the host, Nigeria. The USA and the EU are also represented at the event. Photo: ThisIsCameroon
President Paul Biya of Cameroon, President Hollande of France and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria at the 2nd Regional Security Summit in Abuja. Credit: NAN-Photo
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic, President Idriss Deby of Chad, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo at the 2nd Regional Security Summit in Abuja on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Credit: NAN-Photo
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, former president Olusegun Obasanjo and the president of African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, at the 2nd Regional Security Summit in Abuja. Credit: NAN-Photo
The first conference of such format was held in Paris, France, on May 17, 2014, following the escalation of terrorists activities in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Its purpose was to decide on joint steps for ending the Boko Haram insurgency, as well as rescuing over 200 abducted Chibok school girls.
The agenda of the second summit includes the issue of the Chibok girls, who remain in the Boko Haram captivity for 25 months, as well as relocation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
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