Buhari accepts the invitation of Biya for talks

The Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari officially accepted an invitation from his counterpart Paul Biya to visit Cameroon for discussions on strengthening the cooperation between his country and its neighbours, on the internationalization of the insurgency by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.

The special adviser of Buhari for media and communication, Femi Adesina told the press in Abuja that the invitation was delivered by Sadi René Emmanuel, the Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration and decentralization.

According to him, Buhari had agreed to make a visit to Cameroon for high-level discussions, after the end of the month of Ramadan.

Initially, he was expected in Yaounde, but had to go at the beginning of this month to the meeting of the Group seven (G7) in Germany, at the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about Boko Haram.

President Buhari, who said he would bring his former military experience to carry the fight against the rebels, insisted again on the need for regional and international cooperation to further overcome the Islamist insurgency.

The Nigerian leader commended the efforts of all countries in the region, notably, Cameroon to support Nigeria against Boko Haram, but called for greater collaboration.

President Buhari made his first visits abroad to Chad and Niger, countries which together with Cameroon and Nigeria joined to put together a multinational force to deal with the rebellion.

The insurgency began in the northeast of Nigeria in 2009 and then the other three countries.