The United Kingdom has expressed satisfaction with the successes recorded so far by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the tackling of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East and promised to collaborate with Nigeria for further success. The United Kingdom Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Simon James Ancona made this expression when he led a delegation of the UK Ministry of Defence and Engagement on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin.
Rear Admiral
Ancona reiterated that the way the Nigerian military subdued the Boko
Haram terrorists has further put the Nigerian Armed Forces in particular
and the nation in general on a positive radar of global assessment
index. He commended the military and allied security agencies for their
doggedness and sacrifice that have led to the decimation of the
murderous terrorists group and called for sustenance of the onslaught to
wipe insurgency from our land. The senior military officer pledged
that the UK Armed Forces would continue to work closely with their
counterpart in Nigeria towards strengthening the capacity of the
Nigerian military to be more potent and responsive in the discharge of
their constitutional mandate.
The UK team
leader explained that the delegation was in Nigeria as a follow-up to
variety of regional and global security matters discussed earlier in the
year at a Peace Keeping Conference held in the UK.
The visit, he
said, would further strengthen and improve the historic and harmonious
bilateral relationship between the two great nations, assuring the CDS
that British contingent in Nigeria would always abide with extant rules
and operations mandate of troops in Nigeria.
In his response, General Olonisakin expressed his profound
gratitude to the UK Government for all the assistance the Nigerian Armed
Forces have enjoyed from the UK. He however solicited for stronger tie
in intelligence sharing, military hardware, manpower capacity building
and training in counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Deep
Penetration Detection Devices (DPDDs)
Brigadier General Rabe AbubakarAg Director Defence Information
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