By Muhammad Bello
The decision to send Nigerian troops to Mali is based on the need to
insulate Nigeria from the activities of Islamist insurgents and curtail
the current wave of terror threatening to engulf the sub-Saharan region.
President Goodluck Jonathan stated this in Geneva, Tuesday at a meeting
with Nigerians living in the Swiss city, stating that Nigeria does not
have any territorial ambition in the neighbouring Mali but to protect
its citizens and ensure that terrorists being trained there and the
weapons passing through the area never enter Nigeria.
“Nigeria has no territorial interest in Mali. Going to Mali does not
mean that we are trying to extend our territorial control to the
country. No. We believe that if we don’t go there the war going on there
will affect us,” Jonathan explained.
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