President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in Guinea-Bissau, said Nigeria is committed to preserving peace and upholding democratic stability in West Africa.
“I am here to show solidarity with you. I want to assure you we are committed to supporting peace and democracy not only in West Africa but around the world,” Tinubu told Nigerian troops stationed in Guinea-Bissau under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Force.
The President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, revealed this in a statement he signed late Saturday, titled ‘President Tinubu arrives Guinea-Bissau for ECOWAS summit, visits Nigerian troops.’
The President, who arrived in the capital city of Bissau ahead of Sunday’s Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, said he is counting on the troops to defend the country’s constitutional order.
According to Punch report, reported that President Umaro Embaló of Guinea-Bissau survived a coup attempt on February 1, 2022.
A five-hour gunfight broke out between security forces and armed attackers who tried to break into a government palace where Embaló and members of his cabinet were reportedly meeting.
After the incident, the president revealed that the attackers tried to kill him and his entire cabinet.
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