Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and his Cameroon counterpart Paul Biya have pledged improved intelligence exchange and security co-operation in the fight against BokoHaram.
Buhari, who departed Cameroon on Thursday and Biya also supported a planned multinational task force to fight Boko Haram, which has sworn allegiance to Islamic State.
The two heads of state note with satisfaction the weakening of the operational capabilities of BokoHaram, read a joint statement in French.
They expressed their common determination to eradicate Boko Haram and in this respect agreed to intensify intelligence sharing between their security services.
Buhari's visit came after the Nigerian militant group launched a wave of attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger that has killed hundreds of people in the past two months.
The attacks follow a four-month military campaign by Nigeria, Chad and Niger that drove Boko Haram out of the towns of northeast Nigeria.
No comments:
Post a Comment