Buhari sends Onyeama as special envoy to Mali

By Isaac Aregbesola

President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, has sent Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama as a Special Envoy to Bamako Mali to discuss the political situation in the county.

Onyeama was accompanied by President of the ECOWAS Commission Jean -Claude Kassi Brou.

Ms Sarah Sanda, the Special Assistant, Media to Foreign Affairs Minister, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

She said the delegation was in Mali ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections.

The elections had initially been slated for Oct. 28, but they were postponed by the government till Nov. 25, followed by a run-off on Dec. 16 in constituencies where no candidate wins outright.

Last week, Mali’s constitutional court reportedly delayed the…