The Ugandan President was
received on arrival by President Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, at about
2.25p.m.
Nigeria’s President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed with the visiting Ugandan
President Yoweri Museveni, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that the Uganda’s president is on a “friendly visit’’ to Nigeria.
NAN reports that the
Ugandan president has been showing interest and concerns over the activities of
the deadly Boko Haram sect operating in Nigeria.
Museveni was quoted in
2014, during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, as
warning the Nigerian government against negotiating with the Boko Haram
insurgents.
“It would be a mistake for
the government of Nigeria to negotiate with these people.
“The most important thing
is to defeat them, then negotiations can come after that,’’ Museveni told a
local Ugandan newspaper in an interview in May 2014.
(NAN)
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