The Minister of Defence, Maj. -Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.),
on Thursday, said the Federal Government knew that the killing of Chad’s
President, Idriss Deby, was capable of causing security problems for Nigeria
and other neighbouring countries.
He said the government has therefore decided to beef up
security at the country’s borders to stop the flowing in of refugees.
Magashi spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja during the
weekly briefing organised by the presidential communication team.
He said, “When we heard of this unfortunate killing of the
Chadian President, we knew that problem is bound to be replicated among
neigbouring countries and Nigeria will be most hit by his absence.
“If there is insecurity in Chad, there will be a lot of
problems. But thank God, we have a lot of military activities with the Chadian,
Niger, Cameroon, we have all that military concern.
” So, in the name of that multinational Joint Task Force,
all these countries, including Chad, are contributing soldiers for the
operation.
“We hope that very soon, we will find a secure way for the
continuation of the activities we are supposed to be doing.
“The problem is now going to be aggravated because we are
not sure the direction in which that country is going to face.
“But I assure you that we are mindful of our borders, we are
mindful of the development, and politically, the government is putting its head
together to see how best they can restore the peace in that country.
“So security-wise, we
are beefing up all borders to ensure that refugees do not flow into a
country.”
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