President Muhammadu Buhari has, Tuesday, summoned an extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other sub-regional leaders participating in the summit include the Presidents of the Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum and the Central African Republic, Professor Faustin Touadera.

Others are Lt. General Mahamat Idriss Deby, President of the Transitional Military Council of the Republic of Chad, while Cameroon’s President Paul Bryan, was represented at the meeting.

Other participants at the summit include representatives of Mohamed Al-Menfi, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, and the Sudanese President.

NAN reports that the leaders would be discussing the growing security threats in Sahel and Lake Chad region, political relations and economic ties as well as the situation in Chad.

The Executive Secretary of ICBC and Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force are expected to make presentations on the situation in Chad.

The Chadian leader, Idriss Deby, would also address the summit on developments in his country as well as other relevant issues.

NAN reports that President Buhari, who is the Chair of leaders of LCBC member-countries, had asked for a minute silence in honour of late Chadian President, Marshal Idriss Deby, who was killed by Chadian rebels on 19 April.

NAN also reports that the extraordinary summit would deliberate on the issue of an Islamic state and the challenges that they pose to the member states as well as the Lake Chad environment.

The leaders are also expected to discuss the issue of the transfer of water from the Central African Republic into the Chad Basin.

NAN observed that the resilience of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in the Lake Chad Basin had been unprecedented in recent times.

NAN reports that a communique on the outcome of the summit is expected at the end of the deliberations of the sub-regional leaders later today.

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