President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday hosted a high-level delegation from the United States (U.S.) Africa Command (AFRICOM) at the State House, Abuja. The delegation was led by its AFROM Commander, Gen. Dagvin Anderson.
The President’s Special Assistant on Social Media Dada Olusegun announced the visit, which had in attendance top security leadership, in a post on his x handle.
According to Olusegun’s post, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Service chiefs joined the President to receive Gen. Anderson, members of his team and the Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Keith Heffern.
In the U.S. team were the Charge d’Affaires, Mr. Keith Heffern; AFRICOM Commander Gen. Dagvin Anderson; Command Sergeant-Major, Garric M. Banfield, who is the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of AFRICOM; and the AFRICOM Senior Foreign Policy Adviser, Ambassador Peter Vrooman.
On the Nigerian side were NSA Ribadu; Defence Minister Gen. Christopher Musa; Chief of Defence Staff (CDC) Gen. Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen.l Waidi Shaibu; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lt.Gen. Emmanuel Uandiandeye; National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director-General Mohammed Mohammed and the Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General Tosin Ajayi.
