President Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja on Sunday for Rome, Italy, to participate in a high-level international security summit focused on the escalating crises in West Africa.
The information was officially confirmed in a press release issued by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, on October 11, 2025.
According to the statement, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State and senior officials at the Aqaba Process Meeting, which commences on October 14. The summit, co-chaired by the governments of Jordan and Italy, will specifically address the deteriorating security situation in West Africa. Key agenda items include the rapid expansion of terrorist networks, the dangerous link between criminality and terrorism, and the increasing convergence of land-based insurgency in the Sahel with maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
The Aqaba Process, an initiative launched by King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2015, serves as a crucial platform for intelligence sharing and international collaboration. The Rome meeting aims to foster partnerships between regional and international actors to tackle cross-border security challenges. Participants will develop coordinated strategies to counter terror threats on both land and sea, and will also deliberate on methods to combat online radicalisation and dismantle the digital networks used for terrorist propaganda and recruitment.
In addition to the plenary sessions, President Tinubu is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with other world leaders to explore further avenues for stabilizing the subregion.
The President will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.
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