President Muhammadu Buhari departs Nigeria for South Africa today to attend the 25th African Union Summit which is currently taking place in Johannesburg.
A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari would be undertaking his first continental assignment since taking office by chairing the meeting of the Peace and Security Committee of the AU summit, which will hold today.
He will also be holding a number of bilateral meetings that will consolidate his ongoing drive to secure Nigeria and the neighboring countries from Boko Haram.
The theme of this year’s AU meeting is itself the issue of security. President Buhari will return to Nigeria on the morning of Tuesday, June 16.
•Photo shows President Buhari
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