The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, says Nigeria will strengthen her bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) to combat insecurity.
Mr Badaru said this when a UK delegation led by the Minister for Armed Forces and Veterans, James Heappey, paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
A statement on Thursday by Victoria Agba-Attah, the ministry’s spokesperson, quoted Mr Badaru as saying Britain had been supportive in ensuring the safety of Nigerian waterways.
The minister stressed that security was a dynamic issue which had its challenges.
He added that the Nigerian and British Military have to work together to combat the Boko Haram threat and stressed that the West needed to support Nigeria more.
Similarly, in his remarks, the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, said Nigeria and the UK have had a good bilateral relationship.
Mr Matawalle reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to ending insurgency and banditry in…