The Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) has concluded plans to relocate former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bal Koroma to Nigeria on Thursday, January 4th 2024.
This is part of the agreement reached by the mission to Freetown on December 23 of the high-level ECOWAS delegation led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, and Macky Sail, President of the Republic of Senegal.
A statement signed by the ECOWAS Commission president, Omar Alieu Touray, also disclosed that the former President has accepted the offer to be hosted In Nigeria, and subject to approval, arrangements will be made to fly Former President Koroma out of Freetown on Thursday 4 January 2024
The statement titled: Temporary Relocation of Former President to Abuja reads: “I refer to the mission to Freetown on 23 December of the high-level ECOWAS delegation led by His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, and His Excellency Macky Sail, President of the Republic of Senegal.”
“I am pleased to inform Your Excellency that as part of the agreement reached during the mission, the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has offered to host His Excellency Ernest Bal Horoma, Former President of Sierra Leone, in Abuja on a temporary basis.”
“The former President has accepted the offer to be hosted In Nigeria. Subject to your approval, arrangements will be made to fly Former President Koroma out of Freetown on Thursday 4 January 2024.”
