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The President of the Federal Republic Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday was spotted wearing a face mask for the first time since the out break of coronavirus in Nigeria.

President Buhari was in Bamako for peace a talk in Mali over the political crisis. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC reported its first case of COVID-19 infection in February.

However, President Buhari has refused to use the face mask despite the safety recommendations by the NCDC.

Buhari who joined other West African leaders, arrived in Bamako, the Malian capital on Thursday.

The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had announced on Wednesday that Buhari would join his counterparts from the West African regional bloc on a 1-day peace mission to find a solution to the worsening political crisis in the Francophone country.