By RFPosted on 20-11-2019Modified on 20-11-2019 at 14:28

Thomas Boni Yayi will return to Benin on Wednesday accompanied by a large delegation of ECOWAS. A meeting is planned with the Head of State Patrice Talon. The former president of Benin left the country on June 22 after a blockade around his residence following the post-legislative political crisis.

The delegation of the Economic Community of West African States is composed in particular of Ivorian President Jean-Claude Brou, a Minister for Foreign Affairs of the subregion, and the former Nigerian president Abdulsalami Abubakar. An important delegation, sign that the subregion is concerned about the crisis in Benin.

A meeting is scheduled for the presidency with Patrice Talon , to which Thomas Boni Yayi must participate. " The president has expressed his wish to see our former president come back that nothing has forced him into exile and it is quite natural that he will receive it at his request, " the spokesman told reporters. from the government, Alain Orounla. The meeting was confirmed to AFP by the entourage of Mr. Boni Yayi.

ECOWAS will meet the opposition

The ECOWAS delegation is also due to meet the main opposition leaders in Benin, who are still calling for the resumption of disputed legislative elections in April. According to our sources, it was Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari who put a plane at the disposal of Thomas Boni Yayi, who has been living in Nigeria for more than two months. We also know the proximity of the former head of state of Benin with Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria and close to Muhammadu Buhari.

Before arriving in Cotonou, the former Beninese president left first for Niger where he met the head of state Issoufou. And it is from Niger that he arrives this Wednesday in Benin. He should stay a few days before leaving for Nigeria, we learn from his entourage.

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