SAUDI SEEKS NIGERIA’S MILITARY COLLABORATION TO FIGHT TERRORISM

 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is seeking for partnership with Nigeria to fight terrorism. A 7- man delegation from the country’s Ministry of Defence today visited Headquarters Nigerian Air Force to discuss areas of possible collaboration as part of the global efforts to stamp out insurgency and terrorism. 

The delegation was led by the Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, Maj Gen Yahya Ahmed Massiri. While commending the Chief of the Air Staff, (CAS) Air Mshl Sadique Abubakar for the successes recorded so far in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, 

Gen Massiri sought the opinion of the NAF leadership about new areas of strategic military partnership where his country could be of assistance to Nigeria. These, the CAS identified to include training and intelligence sharing to combat terrorism.