Buhari, UN Secretary General Guterres meet in Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday  met at the State House, Abuja.

Buhari, who received the UN scribe and his delegation at the forecourt of his office at around 3:03pm,led the visitor to his office where they had a meeting before returning to brief the media.

During the briefing, the President stressed the significance of the visit at a time the global attention focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.

He spoke on the effort to deal with terrorism and the role of the world body.

Guterres said his visit was in solidarity with victims of terrorism, adding that he postponed his visit to Nigeria because of the war in Ukraine.

On Monday, Guterres visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko-Haram and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, where he said with what he had seen, Nigeria would be able to defeat terrorism.