Fake papers used in shipping guns to Nigeria, Erdogan tells Buhari
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the papers used to ship guns illegally into Nigeria were fajke and done outside Turkey.
Erdogan said his government was already investigating the matter.
The two leaders agreed to ramp up security and economic cooperation between Turkey and Nigeria.
Speaking, President Buhari said “There are a lot of potentialities in terms of investment. Already a lot is being done in the education and the health sectors.”
The Turkish president said trade volumes between Nigeria and Turkey can be above $1.245 billion, promising that Turkish business people are ready to take on the development of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, President Buhari earlier in Ankara said the international media must be commended for their ‘constructive coverage’ of the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu, in a statement quoted Buhari as saying this at a meeting with the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Ismail Kahraman.
‘‘The international media helped the world in trying to understand what really happened (on July 15) and what the government is doing,’’ he said.
Reiterating Nigeria’s solidarity with Turkey after the failed coup, the President said Turkey’s assumption of the Chairmanship of the D-8 from tomorrow, October 20, will afford both countries the opportunity to work together on economic, security and political issues. He told Turkey’s parliamentary leader, before flying to Istanbul for the ninth D-summit today.