Nigerian has offered to help Benin develop its armed forces as a way of enhancing relations between the two neighbouring countries, PANA reported on Wednesday.
Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff Vice-Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi told Benin’s Chief of Air Staff Colonel Taffa Adams that both countries shared common interests which made the collaboration by their armed forces essential. Adams, who was on a visit to Nigeria, said his country considered the Nigerian armed forces as the vanguard of all the armed forces in the West African subregion.
Military officers from Benin have been trained in Nigeria’s Command and Staff College and Basic Flying Training School, PANA added.
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