A conference of Chiefs of Defence Staff of member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission will tomorrow Tuesday, hold in Abuja.
The meeting, which is to be hosted by Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, is to work out the processes for the operationalisation of the strategic directive for the immediate take off of the combined operation of the modified version of the Multi-National Joint Task Force in the campaign against terror in the region.
Nigeria’s Defence spokesman, Chris Olukolade, explained that the meeting is preparatory to the Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Governments of the LCBC member countries in furtherance of the multilateral discussion on counter terrorism operations in the sub-region.
Military delegation led by the Chiefs of Defence Staff as well as intelligence and security of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad are to participate in the meeting along with Benin Republic.
The meeting will later brief the Ministers of Defence of the LCBC countries towards subsequent decisions on the immediate take off of the mission.
The development is sequel to the recent parleys and contacts between Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and his counter-parts in the sub-region in the move to step up the fight against terror.
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