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US Expresses Readiness To Support Nigeria’s Quest To Defeat Boko Haram

SAN FRANCISCO, August 30, (THEWILL) – The United States, U.S, has restated its readiness to support the Nigerian Government accomplish its mission of defeating the Boko Haram insurgency and restore normalcy to the troubled North-East.

The Head of the U.S. Congress Delegation, Senator Christopher Coons, stated this on Tuesday during an assessment visit to the Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri.

Members of the U.S. Congress delegation are: Senators Gary Peters, Michael Bennet and Representatives Lisa Rochester, Terri Sewel, Charlie Dent, Barbara Lee, Fedrica Wilson, among others.

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Coons explained that the visit was designed to appraise the performance of the military and to enable him to understand the challenges facing the Armed Forces in accomplishing its mission to defeat the insurgents.

According to him, “I am pleased to head the Delegation of the U.S. Congress; three Senators and three House members to come and hear about the hard work of the military in the Northeast of Nigeria.

“The US is strongly supporting the hard work of the military in combating terrorism and we are glad for the opportunity to know how we can support Nigeria in combating terrorism.”

In his response, the Theatre Commander of the counter-insurgency operation, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, said the visit would strengthen the relationship between the Nigerian government and the U.S.

Attahiru stated that the delegation was at the Army Command and Control Centre to appraise its performance and on how they can support the military to accomplish the counter insurgency operation.

“The U.S. promised that it will soon equip the military with fighter jets and other State-of-the-Art combat equipment to enable us to root out Boko Haram in their enclaves once and for all,” he said.

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