Jonathan’s appeal to fight terror was ignored -Obanikoro

The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has said a request made by President Goodluck Jonathan, to the global community for assistance in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency was ignored.

The minister recalled that the President called out to all friends of Nigeria for support against the insurgency while speaking to a Chief Correspondent of the CNN, Ms Christine Amanpour, last year.

He said while the Federal Government would not resort to any blame game, the call by the President did not attract any response from the international community.

He said Nigeria was appreciative of the response of some countries to the call for assistance in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgents.

Obanikoro spoke while hosting a delegation from the United Kingdom's Royal College of Defence, led by Maj.-Gen Simon Porter in Abuja on Monday.

He said, "Well, as I have said, this is not a blame game; I am just speaking for the record. Last year in Davos, our President, while speaking to CNN Chief Correspondent, Amanpour, did say that Nigeria was reaching out to all our friends to come and assist us in putting an end to this insurgency.

"But unfortunately, there was no response at the time. As I said it is not a blame game; the interest is to end this crisis and we are thankful that some countries have come to assist us this time."

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