President Bola Tinubu departed Abuja on Sunday for Rome, the capital of Italy, to take part in the Aqaba Process heads of state and government-level meeting.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, stating that the Aqaba Process meeting is a counter-terrorism program launched by King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2015.
The statement reads, “The meeting, which will begin on October 14, will bring together heads of state and government, senior intelligence and military officials from African countries, and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to discuss the evolving security challenges in West Africa.
“It recognizes the complex security challenges confronting West Africa, including the expansion of terrorist networks, the growing crime-terror nexus, and the increasing overlap between land-based terrorism in the Sahel and the maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.”
Other top government officials include the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu; Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru; National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mohammed Mohammed; and other government officials.
