Talon, who arrived around 4:43pm, is visiting Abuja a second time in nine days, having visited on July 18 along with two other counterparts; Mohamed Bazoum of Niger and Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, for a Troika+ meeting.
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Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this via pictorial reports on Tuesday night.
President Buhari congratulated Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for the show of patriotism leading to their “spectacular victory” over the disloyal elements of the military.
His death was announced on Tuesday by the Army, which said a Transitional Military Council, chaired by Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the late president’s son, has been formed to run the country for the next 18 months and organise elections.