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Buhari Returns To Abuja After Attending AU Meeting In Malabo [Photos]

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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating in the African Union (AU) meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Naija News reports that Buhari alongside his wife, Aisha Buhari, and other government officials returned to the country on Saturday.

The Nigerian leader was in Malabo to participate in the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

While the President was in the country, he attended two AU summits – the ‘Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference’, and the ‘Extraordinary Summit on Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa’.

During the summits, Buhari pledged to donate $3 million to the new humanitarian agency set up by the African Union (AU) and also endorsed the recommendation of setting up an African standby force against terrorism.

He was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd); Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq; National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (Rtd); Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and Chairman, Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa.



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