ECOWAS demands free, fair elections in Nigeria, Senegal

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Front row from left: President Roch Kaboré of Burkina Faso; President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana; President Alpha Condé of Guinea; President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo; Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Mohammadu Buhari of Nigeria; President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claud Kassi Brou; President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire; President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic; President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone; and Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, at the 54th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, in Abuja on Saturday

By Temitope Ponle

The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have charged Nigeria and Senegal to leave no stone unturned in ensuring the conduct of elections are peaceful, free and transparent.

The leaders, who gave the charge in a final communiqué issued at the just concluded 54th Ordinary Session in Abuja on Sunday, directed the ECOWAS commission to provide the…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria