President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with leaders of ECOWAS member states in Abuja.
The meeting with Tinubu is part of the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, holding at the State House Conference Centre in the nation’s capital.
Among the West African leaders in attendance are President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone, who is the ECOWAS Chairman, President Patrice Talon of Benin, President José Maria Neves of Cabo Verde, and President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire.
Others are Adama Barrow (The Gambia), John Mahama (Ghana), Umaro Embaló (Guinea-Bissau), Joseph Boakai (Liberia), Bassirou Faye (Senegal) and Faure Gnassingbé (Togo).
The meeting is coming against the backdrop of five turbulent years for West Africa, which saw coups in Mali (2020, 2021), Burkina Faso (twice in 2022), and Niger (2023).
The latest incidents include an attempted coup in Benin on December 7, 2025, and renewed instability in Guinea-Bissau.
At the time of filing this report, details of the meeting are yet to be disclosed.
