The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin joined other Defence Chiefs from the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Chad to perfect the deployment of the 8,700 troops of the Multi National Joint Task Force against the Boko Haram insurgents.
The defence headquarters said in a statement that the Chiefs of Defence Staff from the Lake Chad Basin Commission member countries met in N’Djamena to discuss operational plans against the terrorist group.
The meeting, the defence headquarters said, is focused on finalizing details of deployment of a joint force to fight Boko Haram which has sworn allegiance to ISIS and has killed hundreds of people through suicide bombings in the last three months.
“Also, officers seconded to the MNJTF in N’Djamena were ordered to report immediately to their post, as operation at the Force Headquarters has commenced,” he said.
Present at the meeting were the Chiefs of Defence Staff from the Lake Chad Basin Commission member countries, MNJTF Commander and other senior military delegates. Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission include Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin Republic.
