Over the last two days President Buhari has been in Germany at the invitation of the G7 where he has been meeting with world leaders. Yesterday, the governments of France, Canada and Germany promised to assist Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram, specifically pledging to help with the training of military personnel and intelligence gathering.
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, said: “Like other G-7 members, Canada is concerned about the emergence of ISIS-affiliated groups elsewhere in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Africa, including Boko Haram in Nigeria."
At the summit, President Buhari pledged to rout Boko Haram during a meeting with President Francois Hollande of France. He added that Nigeria will welcome greater support and cooperation from France and other friendly nations for its ongoing efforts to overcome Boko Haram and restore normalcy to areas affected by the group’s atrocities.
President Buhari said his administration was already taking concrete action to build a more efficient and effective coalition of Nigeria and neighbouring countries against Boko Haram. He added that Nigeria would appreciate more intelligence on the terrorist group’s links with ISIS, movements, training and its sources of arms and ammunition.
“There is clearly no religious basis for the actions of the group. Their atrocities show that members of the group either do not know God at all or they don’t believe in him,” President Buhari said.
President Hollande commended President Buhari’s concerted efforts to galvanise Nigeria’s armed forces, security agencies and neighbouring countries for more decisive action to eradicate Boko Haram. He also called for greater bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and France in other areas, including trade, economic and cultural relations.
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