President meets with ECOWAS Commission President

Monjola Sotubo 15:29 - 26 June 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari meets with President of ECOWAS Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Abuja

Buhari stated during the meeting that the battle against terrorism could only be won with greater regional and international cooperation.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, June 25, 2015, held a meeting with the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo in Abuja.

The President’s comments were disclosed via a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

According to the statement, Buhari assured that Ouedraogo that Nigeria would hold further consultations with other stakeholders to agree on a new date for the ECOWAS-ECCAS security summit on Boko Haram, earlier scheduled to hold in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on April 8, 2015.

The summit was postponed because of the general elections in Nigeria on March 28 and April 11, 2015