The UK government has pledged its willingness to continue to support Nigeria in its fight against insecurity.
British High Commissioner to Nigeria Richard Montgomery stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Montgomery, who spoke on the defence relations his government shared with Nigeria, said, “We have very long-standing defence engagements and many of our high commands. They are organised on similar principles.
“The UK arms services and the Nigeria arms services really understand each other and since the creation of Nigeria, we have had very warm defence relations and in the past two, three decades, we have really been conscious of Nigeria as one of the biggest contributors of peace-keeping forces, its role in ECOWAS, as well as the AU.
“The Nigerian armed forces have played an important role in mobilising other countries in the region when the international community has asked it to help.”
The high…
