Buhari Names Obasanjo Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau Crisis

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said;

President Buhari had in demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood, sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau.

“Chief Obasanjo embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Govern­ment, President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar yester­day (Thursday).

“It is regrettable that while Chief Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall, President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear-in a new Prime Minister in the person of Mr. Baciro Dja, a development that has worsened the political situation in his country.

“The President particu­larly urges the leadership in Guinea Bissau, includ­ing the military, to ensure respect for constitutional order, sanctity of life and safety of citizens, and avoid taking any further action that can threaten the frag­ile democratic institutions recently established in the country”, the statement read.