We would fight to ensure one Nigeria – Gen Olonisakin

By OKOSUN OKHUELEIGBE

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian military to ensure that Nigeria remains one and indivisible entity.

He made the declaration while receiving the Commander of French Forces in Senegal, Brigadier General Pascal Facon when he paid courtesy call at Defence Headquarters, in Abuja.

The visit is in furtherance of the French Government’s bilateral cooperation with the Nigerian Armed Forces.

General Olonisakin maintained that no matter the several forces that are bent on entrenching disunity in some sections of the country, the Nigerian military is capable of ensuring that the country will come out clean and even stronger.

Brig Gen Facon, the French Forces Commander in Senegal told his host that he was in Defence Headquarters in furtherance to President Muhammadu Buhari’s bilateral talks with the French President to collaborate in fighting insurgency in the North East.

He applauded the Nigerian military for their successes against the terrorists and assured of his country’s readiness to support the Nigerian Armed Forces in the areas of training and intelligence to defeat the terrorists and other maritime criminalities.