Nigeria, others form regional force to tackle Boko Haram

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh 
Nigeria and three other countries have pledged to expedite the engenderment of a 2,800-vigorous regional force to tackle the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

The BBC reported that the Defence ministers of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger verbally expressed they would each contribute 700 troops to the force.

Niger’s Defence Minister, Karidio Mahamadou, verbally expressed they were resolute to “eradicate this curse” (Boko Haram).

Boko Haram’s insurgency is fixated on Nigeria, but it has carried out some cross-border raids.

It was suspected of blowing up the Ngala Bridge, which prevarications on a key convey link between north-eastern Nigeria and Cameroon, on Wednesday.

Cars and lorries loaded with goods are stranded on the highway, residents told the BBC.

The regional defence ministers met in Niger’s capital, Niamey, on Wednesday, to hold further discussions on the growing threat posed by Boko Haram.

In May, the four countries, whose borders meet at Lake Chad, concurred to apportion perspicacity and coordinate border security.

Meanwhile, France has welcomed the establishment of the multinational force to combat the terrorist threat in Nigeria.

It noted that the commitment was in line with the action plan defined at the Paris Summit for Security in Nigeria on May 17,2014 and the follow-up meeting on June 12 in London aimed at fortifying regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism while ascertaining reverence for human rights.

A verbal expression by the First Counselor, Political Affairs and Communication, France Embassy, Georges Vanin, in Abuja on Thursday, described the decision as a positive step forward in the fight against terrorism.

It verbalized, “France welcomes the commitment made on July 23 in Niamey by the heads of state of Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad to contribute to a multinational force to combat the terrorist threat in Nigeria, within the framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.”

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