Nigeria: UK to Strengthen Nigerian Military

10 October 2015

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday said international collaboration to end insurgency in Nigeria in the shortest possible time has received further blessing with the United Kingdom pledging all necessary assistance to the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Defence spokesman Colonel Rabe Abubakar in a statement said the British Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton reinforced the British pledge when he paid courtesy visit to Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin in his office in Abuja.

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