The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday strongly condemned the deadly attack by Boko Haram on June 2016 on a military base in Bosso in Southeastern Niger which claimed the lives of thirty soldiers from Niger Republic and two from neighboring Nigeria.
Sixty seven other soldiers were also reported wounded during the audacious assault.
OIC Secretary General, Mr Iyad Ameen Madani, while expressing dismay at the continuing, “senseless violence” by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin, conveyed his deep sympathy and condolences to the authorities of the two countries as well as to the families of the victims.
He reaffirmed “the principled position of the OIC against terrorism as an enemy of humanity and assured countries in the region of the determination of the OIC to continue to support their counter terrorism efforts.”
Mr Madani called on the Lake Chad Basin countries, who are also OIC Member States to activate, as a matter of urgency, the Multinational Joint Task Force formed to shore up the fight and accelerate the defeat of the Boko Haram terrorist group which remains a threat to the region.
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