Nigeria and Benin Republic have agreed to deepen defence cooperation and establish real-time intelligence sharing to tackle cross-border crime, terrorism and piracy in West Africa.
The agreement was reached during a three-day working visit to Cotonou by the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, which concluded on Thursday.
This is contained in statement on Friday in Abuja, by the Special Adviser on media to the minister, Leah Katung-Babatunde.
Hosted by Benin’s Minister of National Defence, Mr Gildas Agonkan, both ministers and the Beninese military command reaffirmed their commitment to safeguarding democratic governance, stabilising land borders and securing the Gulf of Guinea.
Musa said the two countries would align regional security frameworks to confront evolving threats.
Both ministers also agreed to enhance intelligence gathering through the establishment of seamless, real-time intelligence fusion mechanisms to track and neutralise transnational criminal networks and insurgent cells before they carry out operations.
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