President Buhari To Embark On Another Trip Just In Two Days

In his bid to stop the Boko Haram insurgency President Muhammadu Buhari will visit one more country on August 1, Saturday.

Buhari is set to meet with his Benin counterpart, Boni Yayi for talks on how to combat terrorists.

 

Pres. Buhari is expected to visit Republic of Benin this Saturday, 1st August for talks w/ Pres. Boni Yayi. #Cooperation#Anti-terrorism

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Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, has said in a statement that the president, who was due back in Abuja on Thursday, would also undertake a one-day trip to Benin Republic on Saturday for talks with President Yayi.

The visit, he said, would be used to round-off Buhari’s diplomatic shuttles to neighbouring countries, which he embarked upon on taken of office to fortify regional collaboration against insurgency and make it much harder for Boko Haram to operate across national boundaries.

It would be recalled that Yayi had visited Abuja, together with the presidents of Chad and Niger, after Buhari’s swearing-in for a security summit on the creation of a multinational force against the Boko Haram.

President Buhari with his Benin counterpart, Boni Yayi

After the summit it was announced that 700 soldiers from Benin will join alongside troops from Cameroon, Chad and Niger the regional campaign against Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram.

Buhari has already visited 6 countries to ask help for the fight against insurgency and corruption.

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