Snowden: Cameroon And France Plan Invasion Of Nigeria
According to an article, new documents from Snowden revealed that France and Cameroon wanted to invade Nigeria in 2013. The plan was that Cameroon forces would invade the Nigeria Obudu ranches and some parts in East Nigeria. France would give its military backing and lobby in the UN and EU to support this move. Rebel groups supported by Cameroon should take over. The instability that this would create would weaken president Goodluck.
Also France had contacts with high ranked military in the Nigerian army and politicians who would use this to commit a coup and bring down president Goodluck. The events in Central African Republic put the plan on hold.
Now if you are in doubt read this after the cut....
According to a report by Vanguard, A Nigerian don has raised alarm over alleged plot by France to invade Nigeria through Cameroon as a proxy.
This alarm was raised last Thursday in Abuja by Prof Olaghere, President of United African Diaspora States, while addressing news men at the Women Development Centre.
The don further accused France of providing finance, equipment and training for the Boko Haram sect in a bid to continue with its destabilization plot against Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.
According to him: “France has already deployed about 60, 000 troops to Africa, preparatory to invade the whole of Africa”.
The don further claimed that the Federal Government was in the know about the activities of France designed to provoke Nigeria into a military clash but had all along tread with caution and refused to make it public to avoid full-blown confrontation between both countries.
He condemned French interest in the disputed Bakassi region and raised the alarm that France is currently targeting attacks against Nigeria.
Olaghere said, “I want to use this platform to let Nigerians know that France is ready to come and invade Africa and Nigeria is the target. They are right now training Cameroon.”
He said, “France is fighting you and it is going to drive you out of your house and it is your duty to defend Nigeria at all costs.
”France won’t be allowed to invade Africa. For me, I am fighting and it is left for us to start fighting. ”France must be asked to leave now; France must move out of Africa. ”From March 1, any army of France found anywhere in Africa, anything that happens to you, you are on your own.Terror: Nigeria, France, Cameroon, Niger & 2 Others Join Forces To Exchange Intelligence
”It is peace we are working for. We want to see peace prevail in Africa.
According to Premium Times: Following the upsurge in the Boko Haram insurgency the North-East geopolitical zone, Nigeria has entered into agreement with France and four of its neighbours to increase the level of coordination and exchange of intelligence as well as hold regular meetings of experts with a view to containing the menace.
The Republic of Benin, Cameroon, France, Chad and Niger also agreed with Nigeria to ensure effective policing of common borders to avoid the infiltration of terrorists and other criminals as well as the repatriation of suspects in conformity with existing protocols.
These are some of the recommendations made by the Directors-General of External Intelligence Services of the six countries, who met in Abuja on March 5.
The one-day meeting with the theme “Challenges of Combating Boko Haram in the Sub-region” was facilitated and declared open by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki and attended by the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, Inspector General of Police, Heads of Security and Paramilitary Organisations, representatives of Heads of the External Intelligence Services, Director-General of State Security Service, and representatives of the Commander of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army and representatives of the French Intelligence Service, all of who made presentations.
The meeting was held behind closed doors at the conference room of Nigeria’s Defence Intelligence Agency but PREMIUM TIMES became aware of its details last Thursday.
The Boko Haram insurgency has claimed thousands of lives in Nigeria, particularly in the north eastern flank of the country since 2009. Besides, the activities of the dreaded sect have seriously damaged the economy and reputation of the region.
Although, he declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, President Goodluck Jonathan has increasingly come under attack for allegedly not adopting other method of curtailing the sect.
The recent meeting of the Directors-General of External Intelligence Services is believed to be a boost to the activities of the Multi-national task force comprising troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
The meeting also recommended that the doctrine proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan that “an act of terror against one nation is an act of terror against all,” be adopted by Heads of State of participating states and that “the reaction of member-states to acts of terror be spontaneous, concerted, broad-based and integrated.”
It further recommended the effective implementation of existing regional and Confidential Agreements on Small Arms Light Weapons; the sensitization of the local communities in border areas on the need to assist military and security agencies with timely information necessary for their operations; and the discouragement of payment of ransom in all its ramifications.
It noted that due to the sensitive nature of defence matters, and to allow for members with the appropriate competences to participate, a meeting involving competent law enforcement officers to include Heads of the Armed Forces, Police, Immigration, Customs and Gendarmes of the five countries be convened before the end of March, to discuss the conduct of simultaneous security operations along the borders.
That meeting, where modalities for a joint military offensive is being worked out, is ongoing in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital.
The Abuja meeting also decided to recommend to heads of state of member states to consider the formation of a Joint Multinational Task Force and other related operational issues to combat the menace.
The forum, which broke into thematic groups based on the issues raised in the presentations, also agreed as follows:
-Acknowledged and appreciated existing cooperation between intelligence and security services of participating countries;
-Recognized that Boko Haram has metamorphosed into a regional phenomenon with strong continental and global reach;
-Noted that the activities of the Boko Haram constitute the most potent security threat to Nigeria and her neighbours with the goal of an Islamic State in Nigeria and eventually in neighbouring countries;
-Noted Boko Haram’s propensity to instigate ethno-religious conflicts, erode the confidence of people in Government and create a condition of chaos with the use of sophisticated weapons, including Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs), Rocket Launchers and Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS).
-Accepted that Boko Haram has established operational relations with international jihadist groups such as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al-Shabab, Ansar-e-Dine and the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO);
-Noted the increasing correlation between terrorism and arms, drugs and human trafficking, smuggling, violent crime and the militarization of the civilian population of member countries;
-Expressed concern that terrorism has continued to thrive in the sub-region due to the proliferation of arms, the explosion of Information and Communication technology (ICT), expansion of terrorist networks, easy availability of recruits and existence of safe havens.
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