The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was in the Presidential Villa
for a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria in continuation of
her eleven nation Africa tour.
Thereafter, she moved to an expanded 50-minute meeting with
the National Security Council, comprising Jonathan (chairman), Vice-President
Namadi Sambo (deputy chairman); Chief of Defence Staff; Minister of Interior;
Minister of Defence; Minister of Foreign Affairs; National Security Adviser;
Inspector-General of Police; and Director-General of the State Security
Service.
Clinton departed Abuja for Accra at 7.25p.m where she will meet
with President John Mahama.She will spend the night in Accra and attend the funeral of late Ghana President John Atta Mills on Friday.
The meeting, was expected to discuss the rising security threats in Nigeria; the controversy over calls on Washington to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist group as well as Abuja’s reluctance to endorse the appeals; piracy in the Gulf of Guinea; and cooperation between Nigeria and the U.S on security.
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