The US is to join Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram, a senior American diplomat disclosed yesterday.
President Barack Obama is to send a team to Nigeria in the nearest future for the two leaders to discuss cooperation renewal, The Nation reports.
It should be noted that the US authorities and Goodluck Jonathan-led government had been in tense relationship, with problems having started last year. The counter-terrorism operations were marked by mutual accusations.
The US administration posed serious allegations regarding corruption and human rights abuses within the military in its anti-Boko Haram campaign.
However, after Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration, also attended by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, the situation is expected to change.
“With the new government, we are optimistic we can reset the relationship. We want to work with him and have expressed that to him.” US diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield disclosed.
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