Posted on: 10:44 Wed, 09 Dec 2015



President of the Republic of Benin,
Boni Yayi, has pledged to send 800
soldiers to Nigeria that will join the
Nigerian military in their fight to
stamp out Boko Haram members in
the region.

Yayi said this during his state visit to
President Buhari at the state house
Abuja yesterday December 8th.

“President Buhari took over the
mantle of government at a time
terrorism occasioned by the
activities of Boko Haram is high.

To fight terrorism, Benin is ready to
send about 800 men to join the men
that are already prepared to fight
terrorism. The team is battle ready
for deployment.

The will power is there and Benin is
committed to deploying the men.

Benin will always remain on the
side of Nigeria in its trying times.

The sub-region is also going
through serious problems of
development.

Fighting Boko Haram is becoming
difficult because OPEC countries are
going through oil crisis. We will
always stand beside Buhari in his
fight against corruption.” he said