BUHARI ASKS DEFENCE MINISTER TO SEE CHADIAN PRESIDENT DUE TO INCESSANT KILLINGS OF SOLDIERS BY BOKO HARAM
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President Muhammedu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd) to attend an emergency meeting with the Chadian President Idris Deby as a result of porousity of security at the Nigeria-Chad border.
The meeting is necessary because of the increasing rates of repeated insurgent attacks and killings in the northeast, specifically the recent killing of scores of Nigerian soldiers in the combat zone of Matete, Borno State,
Dan-Ali on had Thursday informed Buhari on security development across the country and the recent killings of some Nigerian soldiers by the Islamic West Africa Province, a division of Boko Haram sect operating along the border.
Diplomatic source, who preferred to be anonymous, said the minister would also be meeting his Chadian counterpart during his mission to Chad to identify what had led to the recent increase in Boko Haram terror in the area.
“Nigeria has a Chad problem in the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to secure the Lake Chad Basin area and repeal the Boko Haram terrorism attacks against all the countries neighbouring the lake,” adding that Chad was believed to have its own internal security challenges and this has reportedly led to their pulling away their troops manning their own border around Lake Chad.
“That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroun to launch terrorist acts. This is a clear illustration of the fact that terrorism is beyond national borders,” the sources added.
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