Nigeria, Benin Republic agree on joint action to curb cross-border crimes

Nigeria and Benin Republic person agreed to deepen defence practice and found real-time quality sharing to tackle cross-border crime, coercion and piracy successful West Africa.

The statement was reached during a three-day moving sojourn to Cotonou by the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, which concluded connected Thursday.

This is contained successful connection connected Friday successful Abuja, by the Special Adviser connected media to the minister, Leah Katung-Babatunde.

Hosted by Benin’s Minister of National Defence, Mr Gildas Agonkan, some ministers and the Beninese subject bid reaffirmed their committedness to safeguarding antiauthoritarian governance, stabilising onshore borders and securing the Gulf of Guinea.

Musa said the 2 countries would align determination information frameworks to face evolving threats.

Both ministers besides agreed to heighten quality gathering done the constitution of seamless, real-time quality fusion mechanisms to way and neutralise transnat...