Boko Haram Buhari to meet Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Benin Presidents over insurgency
The meeting is expected to hold at the Presidential Lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted bu Abudlgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will today, June 11, 2015, meet with the Presidents of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin Republic to discuss the fight against Boko Haram.
The meeting is expected to hold at the Presidential Lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Ismali Aliyu, while speaking to journalists at the end of a meeting between Nigeria’s service chiefs and Buhari.
“The
meeting held between the Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Lake Chad Basin
and Ministers of Defence culminated in the presidents’ meeting tomorrow
(today),” Ismail said.
“We discussed
the issue of the operationalization of the Multi National Joint Task
Force and the siting of its headquarters in N’Djamena and the
contribution from various states. The objective was to fight the
insurgency within that region for the purpose of peace, security and
prosperity,” he added.
The meeting will be attended by Paul Biya of Cameroon, Mohammadou Issoufou of Niger, Idriss Deby of Chad and the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi.
Yayi had earlier said that the meeting would be a decisive one as regards the steps to be taken against Boko Haram.
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