The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, has assured that the Nigerian military will continue to ensure that Nigeria remains one indivisible entity.
General Olonisakin gave the assurance while receiving the Commander of French Forces in Senegal, Brigadier General Pascal Facon, when he paid courtesy call at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, in furtherance of the French Government’s bilateral cooperation with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
General Olonisakin maintained that “no matter the several forces who are bent on entrenching disunity in some section of the country, the Nigerian military is capable of ensuring that the country will come out clean and even stronger.”
Earlier, the French Forces Commander in Senegal told his host that he was came in furtherance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s bilateral talks with the French President to collaborate in fighting insurgency in the North-East.
He further applauded the Nigerian military for their successes made against the terrorists and assured of his country’s readiness to support the Nigerian Armed Forces in the areas of training and intelligence to defeat the terrorists and other maritime criminalities.
•Photo shows Gen. Olonisakin.
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