President Bola Tinubu has met with Christopher Asher Wray, the director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
During the meeting on Friday at the State House in Abuja,
Tinubu said Wray’s visit to Nigeria “conveys the importance of Nigeria and
Nigerian partnership in the work of America’s law enforcement institutions and
vice-versa”.
The president said Nigeria cannot achieve success in the war
to eliminate crimes without collaboration with other countries.
”It is an honour for me to receive Director Christopher
Wray, the leader of an organisation, that has demonstrated consistent
procedural sophistication and a reputation for excellence over several years,”
Tinubu was quoted as saying in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, his media aide.
“For us, it is a
recognition of what stage we are at, who we are, and the level of interest both
countries share in eliminating crimes locally and globally.
”We cannot achieve this important feat of eliminating crimes
without collaboration.
“Incidentally, as the Chairman of ECOWAS, Nigeria is also
collaborating with other West African countries to fight economic and other
related crimes.”
The president said his administration is using education as
a tool to fight against poverty.
He urged the US government to assist developing countries in
the fight against international crimes.
”We are working hard to eliminate terrorism, cybercrime, and
sextortion,” the president added.
“I am glad that we have a good number of agencies that are
involved in reducing these crimes to the barest minimum, and they are also well
represented at this meeting.”
On his part, the FBI director commended Tinubu for
supporting the growing partnerships between Nigerian agencies and the FBI in
the fight against crimes.
”We appreciate the president’s vision in countering
terrorism in the region, which is a dangerous threat not only to the countries
in the region but also to the United States,” Wray said.
”We appreciate your vision in re-engineering the role of the
office of the NSA to effectively coordinate efforts on counter-terrorism, and
this has already started to bear fruit in terms of the success you are
recording against ISIS in West Africa and other terrorist groups.”
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