President Buhari Appoints Obasanjo As Envoy On Guinea Bissau Crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, assigned a former head of state, Chief lusegun Obasanjo as his special envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau. Buhari expressed deep concern over the unveiling political situation in the country which was sparked off by the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr. Domingos Simoes Pereira, and his cabinet by President Jose
Mario Vaz.

A statement released by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said President Buhari called for the assignment in demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood.

Adesina said Obasanjo had, on Thursday, began action as he consulted with the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Macky Sall of Senegal, in Dakar.

He regretted that while the Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall, President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear-in a new Prime Minister, Mr. Baciro Dja. This development, he said, has worsened the political situation in his country.