APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
As part of his preliminary consultations ahead of the presidential elections in Nigeria, Ernest Bai Koroma, Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to the Presidential Election in Nigeria and former President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, met with Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in Abuja, to assess the level of preparedness for the election.
Mr. Koroma assured the Minister that ECOWAS is committed to supporting the democratic process in Nigeria and accompanying the government and people through the presidential elections.
According to the statement by the ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS has deployed Long Term Observers, LTOs, and will deploy 250 Short-Term Observers, STOs, to the six geo-political zones in the country.
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