Tinubu calls for strong partnership with UK to counter terrorism in Africa

President Bola Tinubu has declared that terrorists will not be allowed to inhabit Africa.

To this end, Tinubu urged the United Kingdom to partner with Nigeria and Africa in flushing out terrorists from the region.

He, however, noted that security would remain a challenge as long as there are unstable governments in the sub-region.

Tinubu spoke while receiving the UK’s Secretary of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Rt Hon. James Cleverly MP, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He also decried the situation in Niger, the Sahel region and Horn of Africa, where terrorists are finding comfort.

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In a statement signed by his media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu asked the UK government to support Nigeria to secure West Africa.

“We need a dynamic partnership on security and economic development because we don’t want terrorists to make Africa and our sub-region their nest,” President Tinubu told the Foreign Secretary.

In his remarks, Rt Hon. Cleverly said the UK government would support the decision of ECOWAS and Tinubu in promoting democracy and stability in Niger and Africa.

“For us, our national interest is to see a peaceful and prosperous African continent because peace and security go hand in hand,” he said.