Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, has called on all African member states to come together and fight terrorism by preventing cross border influx of illegal arms on the continent.
The Minister made the call while speaking to newsmen shortly after the close of the two- day High level Africa counter terrorism summit held in Abuja.
The Minister said: “We have resolved among the participating countries that each sub regional body should organise itself and come together as a United Africa to develop means and strategies in partnership with the International Community to tackle terrorism and other related crimes on the continent.”
He said that the time to act to secure Africa from insecurity was now and that God’s Willing that would be achieved in no distant time.
The Minister also called for a collaborative approach in intelligence sharing and information gathering on the sources of funding and arms acquisition by the terrorists.
“This will help in checkmating the scourge of terrorism and also in cross-checking the movement of terrorists across borders,” he said.
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