November 29, 2022 | EASTERN PILOT Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned what he described as the impact Russia and Ukrain...
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November 29, 2022 | EASTERN
PILOT
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned what he described
as the impact Russia and Ukraine conflict, on the Sahel region of West
Africa, stating that it is compounding the insecurity, especially in the
Lake Chad Basin region.
Buhari used his
opening address at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government
of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), held at the Conference Hall of
the Presidential Villa, Abuja to lament the situation.
According
to the President, who is chairman of the summit, illicit weapons and
fighters are already infiltrating the region from Russia and Ukraine, a
trend that has been noticed to have led to the proliferation of small
arms and light weapons.
He raised the alarm that the situation calls for a reawakening of the border security of the impacted countries of the region.
The
President also noted that though a lot had been done to decimate the
strength of the Boko Haram terror group and other violent extremist
groups in the region, terrorist threats still persist.
“Let
me gladly inform my dear brothers that in keeping with that decision,
the MNJTF has since then, successfully conducted three major operations:
Ops‘YANCIN TAFKI (I&II) and Ops Lake Sanity I, with, the fourth
one, Ops Lake Sanity II, being planned. The next phase of the operation
will take into consideration lessons learnt from previous exercises and
effectively consolidating the gains attained by preceding Ops,” he said.
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