President hosts ECOWAS summit in Abuja [PHOTOS]

Monjola Sotubo 17:44 - 16 December 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari hosts ECOWAS summit on December 16, 2015

Buhari had, on September 22, hosted an Extraordinary Summit of the (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja to discuss the political crisis is Burkina Faso at the time.

President Muhammadu Buhari, today, December 16, 2015, hosted the opening of the 48th ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja.

Buhari had earlier received the transitional President of Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando at the State House.

The Nigerian President had, on September 22, hosted an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja to discuss the political crisis is Burkina Faso at the time.

Burkina Faso was recently rocked by a coup which resulted in the arrest and detention of Kafando and Prime Minister, Yacouba Zida in September.

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