President Ahmad Bola Tinubu has said that the joint military cooperation between Nigeria and the United States of America is purely a military approach aimed at tackling terrorists and keeping Nigerian citizens safe.
“Our security alliance with the government of the United
States of America is focused on the fight against terrorism and the protection
of vulnerable groups and communities. It is strategic military cooperation that
nonetheless respects our sovereignty and is operationally led by our national
troops,” he said.
Speaking during the 4th International Conference of the
Center of Islamic Civilization and Interfaith Dialogue of the Bayero
University, BUK, Kano, tagged Remembering the Legacies and Contributions Of
late Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, President Tinubu, represented by the Minister of
Information, Mr Mohammed Idris, insisted that cooperation is for the good of the
overall Nigerian populace.
He said, “nevertheless, despite all we do militarily as a
nation, the path to lasting peace and unity lies in our resolve to respect one
another, cherish our religious and socio-cultural diversity, and coexist
amicably.”
President Tinubu reminded Nigerians that this is in the
spirit of the late Sheikh Mahmud Abubakar Gumi, as a man who exemplified
patience, justice and fairness, speaks to the consciousness of the organisers
of this conference in the noble task of sustaining our nationhood through
mutual respect, tolerance, and patriotism.
The President explained that, “Our national security is tied
to our unity, our togetherness, and our respect for religious diversity. We
must forge a united front against those who challenge our national cohesion. We
are in dire need of solidarity of purpose to safeguard our nation from criminal
elements, bandits and terrorists, whose raison d’etre is untenable, and
therefore we must resist their Balkanizing intentions, but only through shared
values and patriotism.
“My administration is working assiduously to protect life
and property, and executing the fight against terror with all that is at our
disposal. We are determined to entrench community policing through the
instrument of the state police, for which I have encouraged state governments
to initiate, while the National Assembly attends to the constitutional
imperatives.”
“We have deployed more than 7,000 trained forest guards to
deny sanctuary to criminals in our forest corridors. Following my declaration
of a national security emergency in November 2025, we have since expanded and
reinforced security in states badly affected by banditry and acts of
terrorism.”
Tinubu added that, “We have optimized intelligence-led
operations in federal and state security operations to disrupt and dismantle
terrorist and criminal networks”
Coming back to the legacies of Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gummi,
he said, he was a scholar of gargantuan knowledge, who, in addition to
religious excellence, also understood the intersection of faith and politics,
and became a pillar and front-row influencer of our nation’s political
direction.
” He was there in the beginning, and, in the aftermath of
independence and the civil war, coordinated with authorities to promote oneness
and peaceful coexistence.Sheikh Gummi is a first amongst equals. He was a
teacher, a khadi, a reformer, a leader, an advisor, and a prodigious writer who
earned global recognition for his translation of the Holy Qur’an into Hausa.”
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