Nigerian Army signs operational agreement with Chadian counterpart

The Nigerian Army has signed an operational agreement with Chadian Army to intensify efforts aimed at ending the activities of the terrorist group, Boko Haram in the north-eastern part of Nigeria.

The memorandum of understanding was signed at a meeting held in Abuja on Friday between Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh and his Chadian counterpart, Major-General Ibrahim Seid Mahamat, to straighten modalities for the counter terrorism operations along the Nigeria-Chad border.

The meeting was earlier scheduled for Thursday, but was called off due to the Council of State meeting. It was later rescheduled for 8:00a.m local time on Friday.

Discussions at the meeting centred on the efforts of the Multinational Task Force at the border to contain the acts of terror unleashed on communities in Nigeria’s north-east.

Chad had intensified efforts against the Islamists, killing scores within the week, a sign that the multinational efforts was back on track.

Air Marshall Badeh had earlier confirmed that Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic had withdrawn their troops from the Multinational Task Force.

A spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Olajide Laleye, had also earlier told reporters in Abuja on Tuesday that operations in Baga involved a Multinational Joint Task-Force which had been in place in the eighties.

“Any operation within that general area can be conducted by troops from the three countries of the joint task force, which are Nigeria, Niger and Chad,” he stated.

Military personnel have been tackling the terrorist group, the Boko Haram, in the north-east and Governor  Kashim Shettima of Borno State, one of the north-east states under the siege of the terrorist group, had said the military lacked needed motivation to prosecute the war against the dissident group

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