The Nigerian Army on Thusday has renew partnership with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) aimed in preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism.
Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, who led his team to the army headquarters on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army staff in Abuja said his purpose of visit is for a more robust response to combat this scourge.
“We look forward to further deepening our partnership with the Nigerian Army, and the need for increased multilateral collaboration to support Africa in addressing an evolving terrorism threat on the continent.
"And to formalise the existing cooperation in preventing and countering terrorist travel and serious crimes and will build Nigeria’s capacities to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences by collecting and analyzing both
In his remarks, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja said, the partnership with UNOCT is an important milestone at this critical time when the country is taking a leading role in regional counter-terrorism efforts.
General Lagbaja said through various kinetic and non-kinetic operations, the Nigerian army has recorded large surrender of Boko Haram/ISWAP Terrorists and they DDR programmes according to international practices.
He thanked the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and his team for their visits which will strengthen global, regional and national responses, through the promotion of dialogue and partnerships, and capacity-building activities.
