Adelani Adepegba, AbujaThe Federal Government on Monday said it had taken measures to combat any situation that might arise from Turkey’s deployment of troops in Libya. Defence ministry’s spokesman, Nwodo, was asked how government planned to curtail the influx of terrorists from Libya when Turkish troops finally arrived in the North African country. The deployment of Turkish troops in Libya has heightened concern that displaced gunmen from the North African country could head towards West Africa. Turkey’s deployment of troops a sub-regional issue – DHQBut the acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said Turkey’s deployment of troops in Libya was a sub-regional security issue that would be handled by the Economic Community of West African States. About 1,200 Chadian troops had withdrawn from the MNJTF and returned to their national borders following the expiration of their mandate which ended in December 2019.

Source: Libya Today January 07, 2020 01:07 UTC