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President Muhammadu Buhari
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President Muhammadu
Buhari has accepted to visit Cameroon, following an invitation from Paul Biya,
the Cameroonian president, for talks on the intensification of cooperation
between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the war against terrorism.
Femi Adesina, special
adviser to the president on media and publicity, revealed that
Buhari initially had a plan to visit Cameroon, but it
was interrupted by the G7 summit in Germany.
TheCable report continues:
“I am happy that the
president has sent you. As you must have observed, I was in Niger and Chad over
this issue,” Adesina quoted the president as saying.
“I planned to be in
Cameroon afterwards, but I received an invitation to attend the Group of Seven
(G7) meeting in Germany. I had to attend the meeting because Boko Haram has
been internationalized and it was part of the discussions there.”
The statement said the
invitation was delivered to the president by Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the Cameroonian
minister of territorial administration and decentralization.
It said Buhari had agreed
to visit Cameroon for the high-level talks soon after the end of the Ramadan
fast.
Buhari, who said he was
putting his experience as a former soldier to good use in the war against Boko
Haram, re-emphasized the need for greater regional and international
cooperation in the fight against the insurgents.
The president commended
the efforts of all regional governments, including Cameroon to support Nigeria
in the war against Boko Haram, but called for even greater collaboration.
The special envoy was
quoted to have assured Buhari of Biya’s “fraternity, sympathy and brotherly
commitment” to working with Nigeria to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
“Together, we will reinforce
our efforts, eradicate the scourge of terrorism and look forward to better
things.”
Buhari had initially
visited Chad and Niger for similar talks to end insurgency in the region.
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