The Honourable Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has expressed his appreciation to the United Nations Office on Drugs and crimes on their Counter terrorism efforts with the Nigeria military.
The Minister made the commendation when he received the Representative of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Oliver Stolpe, in his office at Ship House, Abuja.
This was contained in an address made available to newsmen by Henshaw Ogubike, mnipr, the Director of Press and PR of the Ministry of Defence. The Minister emphasized that Nigeria welcomes any effort that would help in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria.
Thank you for doing a good job in Maiduguri. We will give you maximum cooperation needed to sustain the fight against Boko Haram and other criminal activities in Nigeria.
On the rehabilitation of the repentant Boko Haram members, the Minister said in addition to what they have done, there was the need for a Monitoring program to ensure that the released Boko Haram members are fully integrated back to the society.
The Minister expressed gratitude for UNODC’s continuous support in strengthening Nigeria’s Counterterrorism capacity to combat terrorism.
In his address Mr. Stolpe pointed out that the UNODC is collaborating with Nigerian Armed Forces in area of counter- terrorism and Maritime security.
Mr. Stolpe further explained that the UNODC in partnership with Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) in Maiduguri, Borno State has successfully reviewed over 2,900 case files leading to 2,400 prisoners released.
