Cotonou - Benin's President Thomas Boni
Yayi announced he will send 800 troops to
join a new multinational force tasked with
fighting Boko Haram militants after meeting
with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu
Buhari on Saturday.
Buhari, who was sworn in on 29 May, is
facing a particularly deadly surge of Islamist
violence at home, with more than 800 people
killed in north-eastern Nigeria in the last two
months.
The violence has spread to neighbours Chad
and Cameroon, both of whom have faced an
unprecedented wave of suicide bombings on
their soil in recent weeks.
Showing solidarity
After a visit to Cameroon earlier this week
to discuss the fight against the Islamist
group, Buhari was in Cotonou to attend
celebrations marking Benin's 55 years of
independence.
Boni Yayi told reporters after a meeting with
Buhari that Benin will show "solidarity" with
its "brothers in arms" in the region by
sending "a contingent of 800 men... to
permanently combat these outlaws".
Troops for the new multinational force,
which includes soldiers from Nigeria,
Cameroon, Niger and Chad as well as Benin,
were set to be deployed at any time,
according to its commander Major General
Iliya Abbah on Saturday.
The force, made up of 8 700 troops and
headquartered in Chad, is expected to help
with better coordination of the regional
offensive launched in February, which has
made a series of successful inroads against
Boko Haram but has failed to neutralise the
militants.
The extremist group, whose name roughly
translates as "Western education is
forbidden", has carried on its campaign of
attacks on security forces, suicide bombings
and bloody raids on villages across Nigeria's
north and eastern borders despite the
military campaign against them.
Boko Haram has kidnapped thousands of
civilians, including women and children, with
many either forced or indoctrinated into
joining the extremists, rights groups say.
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Nice, May God grant us swift victory.

smaller countries
are busy fighting
boko haram
Almighty Nigerian military
Giants of Africa
With a glorified
General as President
We are yet to repel
any bombing yet
the only thing we hear are the lies
and fake pictures the military shows us
we all know the military is sleeping
waiting for weapons. the one they hold and stand
by road blocks collecting 20naira are those not weapons?
Pathetic Government...... the president is traveling left
right nd center looking for money to steal, send DSS/SSS/EFCC
after innocent people trying to recover money to use and take more pictures.
Shameful... i pity Nigeria... GEJ we miss u.

Good. Kudos to the efforts of Buhari and other regional Presidents.

Wailers can keep yelling at the cloud while we march to victory.

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Buhari's visitation already having effect.

This op should be banned for misleading the public.
Thought they are in naija already, he only promised to send and can still change his mind

Interesting.

This is interesting.