The State Department official said Buhari and US Secretary of State John Kerry would discuss future security assistance and expanded economic ties in a meeting on the sidelines of the new president’s inauguration on Friday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of Kerry’s visit to Abuja, said initial talks with Buhari indicated he wanted a “close relationship” with the United States.
“We have every indication that we’ll be able to start a new chapter. We continue to have advisers there …what I’m talking about would be new advisers in areas where we would expand. ”Nigerian security forces have scored some successes against Boko Haram this year.
The jihadists held an area of northeast Nigeria roughly the size of Belgium at the start of 2015 but have since been beaten back by counter-attacking government forces backed by those of neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
The State Department official said Washington was willing to help train Nigeria’s security forces in intelligence and logistics as well as military justice.
“We want to make sure and prioritize based on what President-elect Buhari and his top military team needs,” the official said, acknowledging that training of a newly created army battalion last year “ran into some difficulties.
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ReplyDeleteUS??? Funny...well i just dey laugh
ReplyDeleteBring head, come take head, US? Nothing goes for nothing
ReplyDeleteAh,,we don't need ur help oh...see what their so call help has don't to iraq,Afghan,sudden e.t.c.....
ReplyDeleteThis help is not for free na.. I'm sure buhari is a wise man
ReplyDeleteCrase people. Nor need,make una keep una security to una self. Whn we need una, una nor show. Na nw wey we don dey get our self una wan come cos more damage. Mtchewwww
ReplyDeleteMake de pack well o we don't need their help
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