Former President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0for the Itakpe-Warri railway complex named after him last weekend.
\n\u201cIt was a big present for me. Thank you very much,\u201d he said.
\nJonathan was at the Aso Rock Villa to brief his successor on a special assignment he undertook for ECOWAS.
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari pledged to consult with key leaders of ECOWAS countries in order to find a solution to the crisis rocking Republic of Mali.after receiving reports from the ECOWAS Special Envoy, Jonathan.
\nThe former President was at State House, Abuja, in company of President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean-Claude Kassi Brou.
\n\u201cWe will ask the President of Niger, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS to brief us as a group, and we will then know the way forward,\u201d President Buhari said.
\nHe thanked Dr Jonathan for his comprehensive brief on the situation in Mali, \u201cwhich you had been abreast with since when you were the sitting Nigerian President.\u201d
\nThe former President had filled in President Buhari on his activities as Special Envoy to restore amity to Mali, rocked by protests against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has spent two out of the five years second term in office.
\nA resistance group, M5, is insisting that the Constitutional Court must be dissolved, and the President resign, before peace can return to the country.
\nCrisis had erupted after the court nullified results of 31 parliamentary seats in the polls held recently, awarding victory to some other contenders, which the resistance group said was at the instigation of President Keita.
\nRiots on July 10 had led to the killing of some protesters by security agents, causing the crisis to spiral out of control, hence the intervention by ECOWAS.
\n\u201cECOWAS can\u2019t preside over the removal of an elected President. Not even the African Union (AU), or the United Nations (UN) can do it. Leaders must be elected and leave under constitutional processes, otherwise we would have Banana republics all over the place,\u201d Dr Jonathan submitted.
\nHe thanked his successor for providing a Presidential jet for the mission, \u201cthus making our trips convenient and comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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