President returns to Nigeria after EU-AU summit in Cote d'Ivoire

November 30, 2017 3:06 PM

The president is back in Abuja after his trip to Cote d'Ivoire.

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after his participation in the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) summit that took place in Abidjan, Cote dIvoire between November 28 and 29.

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The president's return was announced by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on his Twitter account , on Thursday, November 30, 2017.

He posted, "After participating in the 5th EU-AU Summit and many bilateral meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, President @MBuhari returned to Abuja this afternoon."

During his summit, the president had high profile bilateral meetings with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel; Ivorien president, Alassane Ouattara; Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo; and Vice President of The Gambia, Fatoumatta Tambajang.

He also held an interactive session with members of the Nigerian community in Abidjan where he talked about the illegal migration of Nigerians to Europe and condemned the slave trade going on in Libya where Nigerians are being abused and