President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja accepted an invitation from
President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest convenience for
talks on the intensification of cooperation between Nigeria and
neighbouring countries in the war against Boko Haram and terrorism.
Receiving the invitation from Mr. Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the Cameroonian
Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, President
Buhari said that he will visit Cameroon for the high-level talks soon
after the end of the Ramadan fast.
President Buhari, who said that he was putting his experience as a former
soldier to good use in the war against Boko Haram, re-emphasized that
greater regional and international cooperation was needed to end the
atrocities of the terrorist group.
The President commended the efforts of all regional governments, including
Cameroon to support Nigeria in the war against Boko Haram, but called for
even greater collaboration.
“I am happy that the President has sent you. As you must have observed, I
was in Niger and Chad over this issue. I planned to be in Cameroon
afterwards, but I received an invitation to attend the Group of Seven (G7)
meeting in Germany.
“I had to attend the meeting because Boko Haram has been internationalized
and it was part of the discussions there,” he told Mr. Emmanuel.
The Special Envoy assured President Buhari of President Biya’s
“fraternity, sympathy and brotherly commitment” to working with Nigeria to
end the Boko Haram insurgency.
“Together, we will reinforce our efforts, eradicate the scourge of
terrorism and look forward to better things,’’ he told the President.