President Muhammadu Buhari has today met behind closed doors with President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic at the State House, Abuja.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Beninese leader, who arrived at the forecourt of the presidential villa at 11.09 a.m., was received by President Buhari.
The agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, who immediately went into a closed-door meeting, was unknown to journalists.
It was however, gathered that President Talon, who last met with President Buhari in June 2019, was in the villa to thank the president for ordering the re-opening of Nigerian borders in December 2020.
The president and the visiting Beninese leader are also expected to discuss security and bilateral matters as well as other sub-regional issues.
