COAS calls for joint training, coordination from ECOWAS countries

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, called for stronger defence partnerships among ECOWAS member states, particularly English-speaking countries, through enhanced intelligence sharing, joint training and operational coordination to address transnational threats.
Gen Shaibu made the call when he received the Chief of Defence Staff of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Amara Idara Bangura, in his office at Army Headquarters, Abuja.
The COAS, while lamenting the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from ECOWAS and the emergence of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), stressed the need for sustained diplomatic engagement and str...