Kingsley Nwezeh
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, yesterday called for concerted efforts of stakeholders in combating transnational terrorism in the West African sub-region.
Irabor, while granting audience to the Inspector-General of the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF), Gen. El hadji Daouda Niang, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said the transnational nature of global insurgency and terrorism required collective efforts by armed forces to restrain the movement of criminals operating within the Sahel region and the Lake Chad Basin.
A statement by the Deputy Director, Defence Information, Air Commodore Wap Maigida, quoted the CDS as saying that the collaboration would restore peace in the West African sub-region.
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