Gbenro Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the international community to condemn the military takeover in the Republic of Mali, leading to the resignation of its President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Buhari on his twitter handle described the coup d’etat in Mali as a great setbacks for Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) diplomacy, with grave consequences for the peace and security of West Africa.
Buhari said, “It is time for the unconstitutional ‘authority’ in Mali to act responsibly and ensure restoration of constitutional order, peace and stability”.
According to him, “Nigeria strongly supports the efforts of ECOWAS Chairman, President Mahamadou Issoufou, for wider regional and continental consultations with ECOWAS, the AU and the UN, and the adoption of strong measures to bring speedy resolution to the situation”.
“A politically stable Mali is paramount and crucial to the stability of the sub-region. We must all join efforts, ECOWAS, the AU, the UN and other stakeholders, and work together until sanity returns to Mali with the restoration of civil administration”, he added.
“Nigeria strongly supports the efforts of ECOWAS Chairman, President Mahamadou Issoufou, for wider regional and continental consultations with ECOWAS, the AU and the UN, and the adoption of strong measures to bring speedy resolution to the situation”, he concluded.
