General Gabriel Olonisakin
The Nigerian military yesterday, beckoned on its ally, Britain, to come to the rescue of Nigeria to enable it defeat the Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges that have bedevilled it.
Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Gabriel Olonisakin, who made the request through the British Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, who visited the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, received the British government’s assurances to reinforce the nation’s Armed Forces capability.
Olonisakin had requested for British assistance in military hardware, essential equipment, platforms and intelligence gathering, not only in the areas of operations in the North East but also in the protection of the nation’s maritime environment and the Gulf of Guinea.
The CDS expressed gratitud to the visiting British CDS and Britain for all the assistance Nigeria and its Armed Forces had enjoyed from the United Kingdom so far. He called for more collaboration, especially at this crucial time when Nigeria is battling against all forms of crimes and illegalities within the nation’s territory
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