Nigeria’s worsening security situation worries British envoy

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said Nigeria’s worsening security situation is a source of concern.

Laing however said that the UK government was prepared to help Nigeria win the war against insecurity.

The British envoy spoke on Wednesday on the sidelines of a reception held to welcome home the 2019/2020 UK Chevening Scholarship beneficiaries.

Laing said the UK government had been helping the Nigerian military in the areas of training, campaign planning, and how to counter IEDs.

She said, “We are extremely concerned about the deteriorating security situation.

“I mean, Nigeria is facing a lot of problems everywhere – in the North-East, terrorism; in the North-West, banditry, kidnapping; in the Middle Belt, the farmers-herders conflict; in the South, the Niger Delta conflict everywhere; and the secession movements in the South-East. So, Nigeria is really struggling.

“Well, we are here to support and help. We have the military team here, who came here after the Chibok girls were kidnapped actually. We are still here, training the Nigerian military, helping them to do campaign planning, how to counter IEDs.”