The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening defence cooperation with the United States to address terrorism, violent extremism and other emerging security threats.
Oluyede gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by the United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Mr Frank Garcia, to the Defence Headquarters, Abuja.
This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The CDS, represented by the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, AVM Francis Edosa, described the Nigeria-U.S. defence relationship as one built on mutual respect, shared democratic values and a common commitment to regional and global peace.
He acknowledged continued U.S. support to Nigeria in military training, intelligence sharing, counter-terrorism operations and institutional capacity development.
