Senator Shehu Sani, the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to include Nigeria in the Saudi Arabia-led Islamic Coalition against terrorism.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Senator said terrorism is a global problem and as such, Nigerians should not attach any religious meaning to Buhari’s intentions.
“ISIL is the source and inspiration for terror groups worldwide and there is no alternative better than the Saudi initiative. The Saudi initiative provides opportunity for non aligned nations and nations bedeviled by terror and violent insurgency to tackle the scourge from its roots.”
“Nigeria’s presence in the coalition is in the best national interest of Nigeria as Nigeria is also a victim of activities terror groups with possible affiliations to ISIL. A collective danger can only be addressed by a collective action. No nation of the world can individually contain or combat terror without an alliance in the pursuit of its total eradication.”
“From Somalia to Yemen to Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond, terrorism represents a common threat to world peace and stability; it is a moral and political duty for nations of the world to act in unison of words and action to save humanity.”
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