Source: Africa Publicity
Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Christopher Musa, has stated that the United States soldiers in Nigeria are purely on a “training assistance” while playing an “advisory role”.
In a statement, Timothy Antigha, special adviser on media to the minister, said that Musa spoke while presiding over the maiden edition of the ‘Monthly Operational Briefing’ at the ministry’s conference room in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “The Americans are in Nigeria on a purely training assistance and advisory role,” Musa was quoted as saying, while assuring that the “armed forces of Nigeria will be in command of all operations conducted within the nation’s territory”.
