On Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari received a detailed briefing on the attempted assassination of Guinea-Bissau President Umaru Sissoco Embalo.
The coup attempt, however, was thwarted by loyalist forces.
On the sidelines of the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Buhari was briefed.
According to Buhari's spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President met with Suzi Barbosa, Guinea-Senior Bissau's Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, "who delivered a detailed account of the attempt to undermine the constitutional order in her nation."
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"They tried to assassinate President Embalo. They used bazookas to destroy the presidential residence, killing 11 young people. It took around five hours to get things back to normal. "It had been a nightmare," she said.
President Buhari promised to meet with other ECOWAS leaders on how to restore full normalcy to the troubled country as soon as feasible.