Jonathan applauds regional effort against terrorism

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday welcomed the greater support for the war against terrorism from Nigeria’s neighbours.

A statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, quoted the President as speaking while granting audience to Mr. Emmanuel Ngondet, a Special Envoy of President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.



Specifically, Jonathan was said to have applauded the renewed and heightened commitment of Niger, Chad, Benin Republic and Cameroon to joining forces with Nigeria to rid the West African sub-region of the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism.

He was said to have reiterated his position that terrorist attacks on one country must be seen as an affront to all civilised nations.

He called for a stronger and more effective regional, continental and global alliance against terrorism and its perpetrators.

“Boko Haram and similar terrorist groups kill people indiscriminately, hiding under religious beliefs that are not found in any of the Holy books. They do not represent any civilised and rational people. Civilised and rational people of the world, who are in the clear majority, must therefore join forces to confront and defeat them,” the President said.

The President thanked President Ondimba for Gabon’s pledge to support Nigeria’s fight against insurgency.