We regard Nigeria as partner in tackling security challenges – Lord Coaker 

 

The Minister of State for Defence, House of Lords United Kingdom, Lord Vernon Coaker, has said that United Kingdom see Nigeria as a partner in tackling security challenges.

 He also assured of continuous security  support and personnel training, in  addition to operational facility  support, saying,”We’ve been really pleased to be able to support you in the fight.

 I say to everyone wherever I go, but across the world, not just in West Africa, but we talk about West Africa. Your conflict, your security, is our conflict and our security.”

Lord Coaker stated  this at the Theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East Headquarters, Maiduguri,  during his one- day official visit  to the Theater Command at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.

He added that, “It was a very moving experience, but it also demonstrated the closeness and the respect that the Nigerian military have for the British military.  

“And that close relationship of equal parts is something which we should all celebrate and be thankful for. The general, the government, His Majesty’s Government, still relatively new, wanted me to come to Nigeria very quickly and to say to you.

“As we said in Ajuba with the Defence Minister and other senior parts of government, that His Majesty’s Government regards Nigeria as extremely important in terms of our allies, our alliances, and our friendship.”