President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, 3 February, the Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, Mr Michel Arrion, has said.
Arrion, who disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at a news conference, said the President’s visit to the Parliament was at the invitation of the EU.
He explained that Buhari would deliver his speech to the over 750-member parliament from the 28 EU member countries.
According to him, Buhari will afterwards, have personal sessions with the President of the European Commission.
He said the visit would centre on the President’s agenda of security, anti-corruption and economy development, among others.
On security, he said the EU commended Buhari’s visit to Nigeria’s neighbours on regional collaboration against Boko Haram insurgency.
He said the meeting would also discuss how the EU could cooperate with Nigeria to fight corruption and return stolen funds to Nigeria.
Meanwhile the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) have perfected their plans to lay siege on the president.
Biafrans across Europe and beyond has indicated their readiness to storm the venue of the event in Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace region in northeastern France. It’s the seat of the European Parliament and sits near the German border.
Some of the IPOB members told may30.org that they have already in possession of their flight ticket to Strasbourg while others said they are still shopping around for cheaper airfare as they plan to follow president Buhari to all the cities, states and Counties he may be visiting during the trip.
An insider has that the presidency is always worry in the manner Biafrans trail Mohammadu Buhari with protest anytime he is on foreign trip, though, Buhari tried not to give attention to them but we know very well that the actions of the pro Biafra agitators worries him a lot. said the insider.
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