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Ban Ki-Moon Arrives Nigeria Tomorrow

By Editor
22 August 2015   |   3:20 am
THE United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, is expected to arrive Nigeria tomorrow to commemorate the anniversary of deadly attack on the global body’s building in Abuja by Boko Haram militants and meet President Muhammadu Buhari. According to AFP report, the UN scribe would lay a wreath to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the…

Ban Ki-moonTHE United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, is expected to arrive Nigeria tomorrow to commemorate the anniversary of deadly attack on the global body’s building in Abuja by Boko Haram militants and meet President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to AFP report, the UN scribe would lay a wreath to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the car bombing that left 21 dead on August 26, 2011.

The visit would be his second since taking office in 2007. He last visited Nigeria in May 2011 to discuss the crises in Southern Sudan and Libya with then President Goodluck Jonathan.

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