TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: Your Struggle Is Our Struggle - French President

President Hollande

The President of France, Francois Hollande has promised to support Nigeria in the battle against Islamist group Boko Haram, saying France would always be ready to help combat extremism in defence of democracy. In a statement on Thursday at a security conference in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the President said that Nigeria's struggle against terrorism is also France's.

“We will always stand ready not only to provide our political support but our help every time you need it because the struggle against terrorism is also the struggle for democracy.”
Hollande lamented some of the recent violence perpetrated by suspected Boko Haram fighters, including the massacre earlier this week of at least 59 students in their sleep at a secondary school in the Islamists’ northeast stronghold.