Buhari's chief of staff Ibrahim Gambari places his diplomatic pawns

摘要

The new Nigerian ambassador to France Ibrahim KayodeLaaro finally took up office in Paris in mid-May, just intime to meet President Muhammadu Buhari at the airporton the evening of 16 May before the latter attended the18 May Summit on the Financing of African Economieswith a dozen of his African counterparts as well asFrench president Emmanuel Macron. Laaro wasappointed in February (AI, 08/02/21), but waited almostthree months before taking off for Paris.