Dr Mohammed Chambas, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, has pledged the organisation’s support for on-going counter-terrorism campaign in Nigeria.
The pledge is
contained in a statement issued by Lt.-Cdr. Way Olabisi on behalf of the
for Director, Defence Information in Abuja on Friday.
Olabisi said
Chambas, who is also the Special Envoy of the UN to Nigeria, made the
pledge when he visited the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh, in Abuja.
He quoted the envoy as saying that the UN would be ready to give Nigeria all the needed support to counter terrorism.
Chambas also advocated collaboration between Nigeria and its neighbours in the efforts to defeat terrorism.
Badeh thanked the
special representative of the UN secretary-general and said that
Nigeria would welcome any assistance that could help it in the
prosecution of the fight against Boko Haram.
He assured the
envoy that the armed forces would continue to adhere strictly to the
rules of engagement and observance of human rights in prosecuting the
war against terror.
Badeh used the
occasion to reassure the UN that the military would work for the
peaceful conduct of the forthcoming general elections in the country.
Meanwhile, the
Defence Headquarters said its website was hacked into on Friday but
added that the hacker could not infiltrate its database.
A statement issued by the defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said the site was “defaced at the front end’’.
“Preliminary investigation shows that the attack was from the end of the site’s host.
“One Ima Sadiq who posed as the hacker has been knocked off and normal activities on the channel have resumed.
“Apparently, the
blog site was targeted because of its role as a major channel for
disseminating information on military and security activities in the
nation’s counter-terrorism campaign,’’ Olukolade said. (NAN)
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