A meeting of four West African leaders in Abuja has resolved to hold further talks with President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia on the political impasse in the country.
The talk is scheduled to hold in Banjul on Wednesday.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geofrey Onyema, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting attended by Buhari; the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; President of Senegal, Macky Sall; and former President of Ghana, John Mahama.
According to him, those that will meet Jammeh include Buhari, Sirleaf, Mahama and the President of Sierra Leone among others.
Onyema said the leaders agreed on the determination to resolve the crisis in a manner that conforms with The Gambia’s Constitution and the will of the people.
He added that they expressed concern at the deterioration of security in the country as well as the closure of some media houses and indiscriminate arrests.
Source :punch
