Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has reiterated the federal government’s commitment to the war against terrorism and other organised crimes threatening humanity.
Badaru stated this yesterday when the Secretary- General, Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, IMCTC, of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Major-General Mohammed Al-Moghedi visited him in Abuja.
The IMTCT delegation was led by the National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC, Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, Major-General Adamu Laka.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Strategic Communication of NCTC, Mr Michael Abu, yesterday in Abuja.
The minister expressed Nigeria’s readiness to partner IMCTC to strengthen the war against terrorism with a view to free the country and the world from terrorists and other non-state armed groups.
He urged IMCTC’s leadership to work closely with NCTC in its counter-terrorism efforts, pledging the support of the ministry of defence to all counter-terrorism efforts.
He pledged to discuss with the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, to reactivate the deployment of officers to IMCTC and other training programmes designed to boost the existing relationship between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.
Similarly, the IMCTC delegation also held meetings with the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Defence Staff; Chief of Defence Intelligence and service chiefs.
The meetings were part of the strategic engagement towards aggregating holistic actions against terrorism and activities of non-state armed groups. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
