JUST IN : Nigeria approved US rescue operation —Minister

The Minister of Defence Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd.) says Nigeria approved of last weekend’s rescue operation by the United States Special Forces in the country.

He said the operation to rescue the kidnapped American was not a violation of the nation’s sovereignty.

The Defence Minister stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after he defended his Ministry’s budget at the Senate on Tuesday.

The Minister said Nigeria gave permission to the United States “as a friendly country” almost as soon as it was contacted by the government.

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He said the Federal Government granted the US all the needed support and permission to carry out the military operation.

Solacebase reports that the United States Special Military Force rescued an American citizen kidnapped by bandits in the northern part of Nigeria with a border with the Niger Republic.

The Minister ruled out theories that the United States might have violated Nigeria’s sovereignty.

He said the country was doing the best it could with what was available to the military to deploy adequate technology in its operations.

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