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29.4.21

"Nigeria is facing extraordinary security challenges" - Blinken, US Secretary of State



United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Nigeria is facing extra-ordinary security challenges, but has an ally in United States who is equally addressing the situation with her.

Blinken, who was at a virtual roundtable with some selected journalists from Nigeria and Kenya after an equally virtual visit to both countries where he spoke to the two presidents, Muhammadu Buhari and Uhuru Kenyatta respectively, said he discussed the security situation of Nigeria with the Nigerian President and some other top government officials. While answering a question from one of the Nigerian journalists, Blinken said: “I think it is fair to say that the challenges that Nigeria faces when it comes to security are quite extraordinary, and you referenced them, whether it’s terrorism, whether it’s banditry and criminality, whether it’s piracy. All of these are real challenges.





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