Insurgency: Chad Basin Services Chief meet in Abuja.

Summary: Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) Service Chiefs are brainstorming how to defeat Boko Haram in a submit holding in Abuja.

 Chad Basin Service Chiefs.

Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) Service Chiefs are holding a summit in Abuja, Nigeria capital city to discuss the operational process in the fight against the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist. In participation is the Chiefs of Defense Staff of Benin which is a member of the Ecowas commission.

The Chief of Defense staff of Nigeria, Cameron, Chad, Niger Republic as well as heads of Intelligence and Security Agencies of the African countries met in Abuja yesterday to discuss the successful operation of the modified version of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the fight against Boko Haram in the region. Troops from Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon have been fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeast Nigeria for several months and have claimed many of successes.

The convention of Chiefs of Defense Staff of member states of the Lake Chad Basin is being hosted by Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff is to bring to bear measures to combat Boko Haram problem in the sub-region.

Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) Service Chiefs Meeting in Session.

The meeting “points to our common resolve to work together to put an end to a menace that has become a regional and indeed a global problem,” Nigeria’s chief of defense staff Alex Badeh said at the start of talks.

“If there is any time for us to rise in one voice irrespective of our differences, it is now,” he added.

The long-awaited Multi-National Joint Task Force, which was due to have been operational in November, has its headquarters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, under a senior Nigerian officer.

The meeting is Preparatory to the Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Governments of the LCBC member countries in furtherance of the multilateral discussion on counterterrorism operations in the sub-region.

Nigeria Army.

A military delegation led by the Chiefs of Defense Staff as well as intelligence and security of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad are to participate in the meeting along with Benin Republic. The meeting will later brief the Ministers of Defense of the LCBC countries towards subsequent decisions on the immediate take off of the mission.

The development is sequel to the recent parleys and contacts between Nigeria’s President and his counter-parts in the sub-region in the move to step up the fight against terror.

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