The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the immediate past Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, to lead its Election Observation Mission to the upcoming presidential election in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
scheduled for 25 October 2025.
The Mission will be deployed from today, the 19 to 29 October 2025 in line with the provisions of the
ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.
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As Head of Mission, Professor Osinbajo will lead a team of eminent West Africans tasked with
engaging key national stakeholders to support a peaceful and credible electoral process, fostering
cooperation with other international and domestic observer groups, and assessing the conduct of
the polls.
The deployment of this Observation Mission underscores ECOWAS’s unwavering commitment to promoting peace, stability, and credible elections in the sub-region.