Secretary of State John Kerry will lead the US delegation to the inauguration of Nigerian president-elect Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja next week, the White House said Tuesday.
Buhari will be
sworn in on May 29 after defeating outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan
in the first Nigerian election that saw the opposition candidate defeat
an incumbent.
The White House said the other members of the US delegation would be announced in the coming days.
A large number of African and Western leaders are expected to attend the ceremony.
Kerry
visited Nigeria in January in the run-up to the vote and issued a clear
warning that the strength of future US cooperation would be tied to the
success of the polls.
The
historic election was widely praised by domestic and foreign observers,
with analysts saying it had solidified democracy in Africa's most
populous country, top economy and leading oil producer.
Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party had controlled the federal government since the end of military rule in 1999.
Apart
from taking charge of the presidency, Buhari's All Progressives
Congress also won majorities in both the Senate and lower house of
parliament.
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