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REFILE-UPDATE 1-Nigeria beefs up border to avoid Chadian influx - defence minister

Published 22/04/2021, 14:22
REFILE-UPDATE 1-Nigeria beefs up border to avoid Chadian influx - defence minister

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By Felix Onuah
ABUJA, April 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria has reinforced its
border security to avoid a potential influx of Chadians
following the death of Chad's leader Idriss Deby, the defence
minister said on Thursday.
Deby was killed on Monday in a battle against rebels who had
invaded from the north, plunging the country into turmoil.
"When we heard of the death of the Chadian president...the
government took action immediately. We beefed up security on our
borders with Chad, not to allow the influx of Chadian refugees
into Nigeria," said Bashir Salihi Magashi, a retired army major
general.
Only Nigerians from Chad would be allowed into the country,
he told reporters in the capital Abuja.
Nigeria is trying to deal with its own problems.
It is battling with mass kidnapping and killings linked to a
decade-long Islamist insurgency in the northern part of the
country that has displaced thousands of people in recent years.
"We are on top of the situation and we believe that African
countries and international organizations will soon come
together to find solutions to the problem in Chad as expected of
them."
Deby's son has taken over as president and the armed forces
commander and dissolved the government and parliament as rebel
forces threaten to march on the capital.

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