By Our Reporters
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja following his participation in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting, which took place in Rome, Italy ahead of the planned “Release Nnamdi Kanu protest scheduled to hold on Monday.
Precise Post recalls that the Aqaba Process, a counterterrorism initiative launched in 2015 by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, is co-chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Government of Italy.
The initiative aims to enhance international cooperation in combating terrorism and violent extremism.
The Rome edition of the summit, held on Wednesday, October 15, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, placed special focus on regional and international collaboration—particularly addressing security challenges in West Africa.
According to the statement released by the Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga released on his X handle on Saturday, the high-level meeting brought together several world leaders, including King Abdullah II of Jordan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and the Presidents of Nigeria, Chad, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Also in attendance were Azouz Nasri, President of Algeria’s Upper House, as well as delegations from Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Senegal, Uzbekistan, and various security experts and special envoys.
The session was held behind closed doors.
On the sidelines of the summit, President Tinubu held bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Massad Boulos, Senior Adviser on Arab and African Affairs to former U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Nigerian leader also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, where discussions centered on promoting religious harmony in Nigeria. President Tinubu addressed the growing concern over misinformation campaigns that wrongly depict the country as hostile to religious diversity.
Since its inception, the Aqaba Process has hosted 33 meetings, ranging from technical expert gatherings to Heads of State summits. It is anchored on three strategic pillars: prevention, coordination, and closing operational gaps in global counterterrorism efforts.
