National Security & Intelligence
President Yar’Adua says Nigeria is safe for world leaders
May 20, 2009, 11:18
| | President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on Tuesday May 19 spoke to journalists on the security situation in the Niger Delta and relations with neighbouring Togo, whose President Faure Gnassingbe, he hosted same day
ON SECURITY SITUATION IN NIGER DELTA
“I am not aware that many leaders are scared of coming to Nigeria. I am not aware of any world leader who has called me to say he is scared to come to Nigeria. The situation in the Niger Delta region has been there remotely for decades and the escalation of violence and criminality that have taken root have been there for between eight to nine years. There is no different situation that has happened today to warrant the statement you have made. I think that statement is just your own judgment of the situation. But I am not aware of any leader anywhere in the world who has that position. I don't know how to answer your question."
TALKS WITH TOGOLESE LEADER FAURE GNASSINGBE
"As you know, we have several frameworks. We have ECOWAS but we also have what we call Zone of Alliance Co-Prosperity (ZACO). In that framework, we have Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria. And we specifically targeted the energy sector. But we do not exclude other sectors. The President [OF Togo] was rightly saying that we do need to revive some of the agreements that have come to expiration."
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