Nigerian Armed Forces, Sao Tome And Principe Strengthen Defence Collaboration

<h4><strong>Nigerian Armed Forces strengthen collaboration<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Nigerian <strong>Armed<&sol;strong> Forces and that of Sao Tome and Principe have expressed commitment to strengthen the existing bilateral defence collaboration between the armed forces of both countries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is contained in a statement signed by Major General Jimmy Akpor&comma; Director&comma; Defence Information and made available to OpenLife Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the statement&comma; the Chief of Defence Staff &lpar;CDS&rpar;&comma; General Lucky <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Irabor<&sol;a> made this known when he played host to the CDS of the Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe&comma; Brigadier General Idalecio Pachire who was on a visit to Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The meeting between the two Defence Chiefs centred on the critical role which both nations Armed Forces are playing in securing the Gulf of Guinea&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;General Irabor pledged commitment to further tackle issues of piracy and other forms of criminality within the corridor of the Gulf of Guinea&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other areas of collaboration discussed during the visit were capacity building of Sao Tome personnel&comma; joint exercises and training assistance among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Sao Tome and Principe Defence Chief equally visited the Nigerian Navy Headquarters as well as the Defence Intelligence Agency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both Nations have long standing history covering diplomatic and military collaboration which has been sustained over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You are please requested to disseminate this information through your medium to the general public&period; Thank you for your support and cooperation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;