President Muhammadu Buhari says he will host leaders of the Lake Basin Commission to an informal Security Summit on the sidelines of his forthcoming Second Term inaugural ceremonies slated for June 12 in Abuja.
According to the President, the summit is to come up with new strategies to bring to a permanent end to the Boko Haram terrorism being faced by the countries of the Lake Chad region.
“The time has now come for the regional leaders to sit down to agree on how to change the unwinding nature of the war.
“This is to achieve a sustained operation, to continue until the threat is brought to a permanent closure”.
The Nigerian leader noted that now that elections were over and he is now back in full force, it was time for “a new way forward that removes completely’’ the threat of terrorism from the Lake Chad sub-region.