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A Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Nigeria and the Gambia on Military Cooperations has been signed to tackle insurgency.
The Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abdulkadri, in a statement on Friday, in Abuja that the common threats of insecurities were to be jointly tackled.
Mr Abdulkadiri in the statement said the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, and the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohamadou Musa Njie, were the signatories for both countries.
Mr Magashi agreed that the MoU could not have come at a better and more auspicious time than now when both countries are experiencing insurgency.
Over 200 Nigerian soldiers serving mission in Gambia – Minister The Punch
Published 2 July 2021
The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), has said over 200 Nigerian soldiers are serving in the Economic Community For West Africa State mission in the Gambia.
He also said some Gambian military personnel had been enlisted into different institutions in the country.
According to a statement on Friday by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri, Magashi stated this while he and the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohamadou Njie, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of their countries at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Abuja.