French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday that his country would strengthen ties with Nigeria amid a growing security crisis in Nigeria’s north at the request of President Bola Tinubu.
Mr Macron said on Sunday evening that France stood in solidarity with Nigeria amid a deteriorating security situation, especially in the country’s north.
At least 400 people have been kidnapped in just the past two weeks, among them many schoolchildren.
Hundred school students were reportedly liberated on Monday after having been kidnapped from a Catholic school on 21 November in the country’s west.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to intervene militarily in Nigeria over what he called a targeting of Christians. Children and adults from Muslim schools and mosques are, however, also frequently victims of kidnappings.
(AP/NAN)