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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sought greater support and cooperation from France and other friendly nations for his administration’s ongoing efforts to overcome the Boko Haram sect and restore normalcy to areas affected by the group’s atrocities.

Specifically, Buhari said Nigeria would appreciate more intelligence on the sect’s link with the Islamic States of Iraq and Syria.

According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President made the request at a meeting he had with President Francois Hollande of France after his participation in Monday’s G-7 Outreach Programme in Elmau, Germany.

Shehu further quoted the President as saying that his administration would also appreciate more intelligence on the sect’s movements, training and sources of its arms and ammunition.

He said the intelligence was necessary to facilitate the perfection of fresh tactics and strategies being evolved to overcome terrorism and insurgency in the country and its sub-region.

The President reaffirmed his administration’s total commitment to ending  Boko Haram’s insurgency in the shortest possible time.

He said his administration was already taking concrete action to build a more efficient and effective coalition of Nigeria and neighbouring countries against Boko Haram.

President Buhari reiterated, at the talks with his French counterpart, that there was absolutely no link between religion and the atrocities of Boko Haram.

“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,” Buhari reportedly said.

In his remarks at the meeting, Hollande was said to have commended Buhari’s concerted efforts to galvanise Nigeria’s armed forces, security agencies and neighouring countries for more decisive action to eradicate Boko Haram.

The French leader assured Buhari that France will give Nigeria and its coalition partners greater support against terrorism and insecurity, including military and intelligence cooperation, to help them overcome the security challenge posed by Boko Haram and its global terrorist allies  as quickly as possible.

He also called for greater bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and France in other areas including trade, economic and cultural relations.  

Buhari also received similar pledges of enhanced support from Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and Chancellor Angela Merkel who he also conferred with before departing from the venue of the G-7 2015 Summit.

The President is due back in Abuja early Tuesday.

http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-seeks-intelligence-on-boko-harams-link-with-isis/

Not a bad move!!! That is to create worldwide awareness on how dangerous Boko Haram can be. Even the arab world is now totally against ISIS!!! A link with BH will rally the world round Nigeria in her quest to eradicate BH.
May God help us all.

Over 1week this man was sworn in . . He has been hovering all over d continent. . . U didn't tell us u like travelling dis much

U

Thought he said he was gonna revamp the military so its self sufficient? But his first act as president was to run to our neighbours to grease their elbows and encourage cooperation. A singular act APC chided President Jonathan over!


Hipocrites!

fanacy:
Over 1week this man was sworn in . . He has been hovering all over d continent. . . U didn't tell us u like travelling dis much

hovering all over d continent for Nigeria.. He has Nigeria @ heart. The safety of you & I is one of the reasons he has bn going up and down...Or does it look like he is gallivanting?

we dey wait make u defeat boko haram....after that come n make $1=#1..and the list goes on...

TDD

Abi, istead of him to just sit in Aso rock and be drinking ogogoro like his predecessor or be asking his security chiefs, " where the hell is Gwarzo?", he has instead requested the command centre to move to the troubled spot rather than sit in Abuja doing nothing, he has gone to block the loop hole in Niger and Chad and now he has gone to try to stop the arms source of the sect from the world powers. The man really likes travelling.

ISIS and America are Interwoven.

midolian:
hovering all over d continent for Nigeria.. He has Nigeria @ heart. The safety of u n I is the reason he has bn going up and down...Or does it look like he is gallivanting?

man 4get dis early drama