Nigeria: Intercommunal Violence - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:37 pm on 18 December 2018.

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Photo of Lord Chidgey Lord Chidgey Liberal Democrat 2:37, 18 December 2018

My Lords, following Amnesty International’s report yesterday which confirmed that more than half of the 3,600-plus deaths over the past three years of the conflict in Nigeria have occurred this year, what discussions are the Government planning with their Nigerian counterparts about the failure of their security forces? I note the Minister’s comments about the 30,000 who are being trained. Will he also comment on the negative impact that the corruption among senior officers is having on the welfare and security of their troops? Does he agree that it contributed to the recent massacre at Metele, which was not helped by the ineffectiveness in these matters of the ex-general, President Muhammadu Buhari?